ABSTRACT
The andragogical model is a process model, in contrast to the content models employed by most traditional educators. The difference is this: in
traditional education the instructor (teacher or trainer or curriculum committee) decides in advance what knowledge or skill needs to be
transmitted, arranges this body of content into logical units, selects the most
efficient means for transmitting this content (lectures, readings, laboratory
exercises, films, tapes, etc.), and then develops a plan for presenting these
content units in some sort of sequence. This is a content model (or design).
The andragogical instructor (teacher, facilitator, consultant, change agent) prepares in advance a set of procedures for involving the learners and other
relevant parties in a process involving these elements: (1) preparing the
