The degree to which I can create relationships, which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons, is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.
Carl RogersRead
The purpose of adult education is to help them to learn, not to teach them all you know and thus stop them from learning.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Adult education should focus on facilitating learning rather than merely transmitting knowledge.
In this quote, Carl Rogers highlights the essence of adult education as a process that empowers learners to develop their understanding and skills independently, rather than just filling them with information. He suggests that educators should guide and support adults in their learning journeys, fostering critical thinking and self-directed learning instead of dominating the educational experience with their own knowledge and insights.
Themes
EducationLearningAdultsTeachingKnowledge
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about innovative teaching methods at a conference.
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I have come to think that one of the most satisfying experiences I know — and also one of the most growth-promoting experiences for the other person — is just fully to appreciate this individual in the same way that I appreciate a sunset.
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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
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