ANDRAGOLOGY
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 120 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences, Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
The discipline that studies human action . Andragology is a creation of Gerard de ZEEUW and has been developed by him in Holland at the University of Amsterdam, as well as in conferences organized by the Systeem Groep Nederland ; and in the journal Systemica of which he was editor in chief. Martha VAHL, a close collaborator of de Zeeuw, writes “Andragology… combines interests both practical (adult education , social helping, support through the built environment) and theoretical (the acquisition of supportive knowledge). In terms of the breadth of this definition, andragology, as a field, remains more or less unique to the Netherlands”(2002, p. 101)
This reference to the Journal “Systems Research and Behavioral Science”is a fundamental one about de Zeeuw and his collaborators work, being a Festschrift in his honor.
The same issue also offers a listing of de Zeeuws publications compiled by M. Vahl and, generally, an abundant bibliography of the field.
See also
Conversation, Facilitation, Perspectivism