Adult Learning Timeline

  • Alexander Kapp - the first known user of the andragogy concept

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    ean Piaget develops cognitive theory

  • John B. Watson studies an 11 month old child, concluding that classical conditioning could cause phobias in humans.

  • Eduard C. Lindeman - publishes The Meaning of Adult Education:

  • B.F. Skinner introduces the Operant Conditioning Model

  • Jerome Bruner's The Process of Education has a great influence on education in the U.S.

  • Fred Keller - develops The Keller Plan

  • John D. Ingalls and Joseph M. Marceri publish A Trainer's Guide to Andragogy

  • Lev Vygotsky's work is published by Harvard University Press

  • Jack Mezirow proposes "Charter for Andragogy"