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Article: Should security practice andragogy? (adult learning model)
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- Security Management
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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In the development of security officer training programs, the focus has typically been on selecting course topics. While content is essential, the methods used to convey information are equally critical to a program's success. Yet security professionals have typically used traditional schooling methods that were developed for young learners. The Wackenhut Training Institute in Coral Gables, Florida, has taken a different approach, turning to an emerging adult learning model.
"Andragogy." Youth learning, called pedagogy, is the model that characterizes elementary and secondary education in the United States. The pedagogy model relies on teacher-directed learning in a ...