All about Learning and Training

Objective: To highlight the key differences between Pedagogy and Andragogy Reading Duration: 2 minutes Etymologically, the two words can be read as:  Pedagogy : Paidi (child) + ago (guide) Andragogy : Andras (man) + ago (guide) Pedagogy (teaching children) is in many ways very much different from Andragogy (teaching adults). To understand the difference, we can use a simple analogy. How different is it to fill an empty container versus to replace the content of a container that is already full of different articles?  Swami Vivekanand once said, "Education is the manifestation of the divine perfection already existing in man." And Aristotle said, "Education is the process of creating a sound mind in the sound body." If I don't lean towards philosophy, Swami Vivekanand's definition seems to be more about Andragogy whereas Aristotle's definition has more to do with Pedagogy. But of course, this is my personal view.  Image courtesy:...

Objective: To provide an overview of the beginning and end of a training program Reading duration: 2 minutes We have a general thinking in our society: "Education begins in the cradle and ends with death." While it cannot be denied, "training" has a different connotation altogether. Education or learning is a lifelong process whereas every piece of training is organized with one or few objectives to be accomplished.  The training we are talking about are the ones that are organized by the businesses with an aim to up-skill their workforce.  The start of the training development program is triggered by various factors. Following are some of the examples: Business is not happy with the productivity of a process. It wants to achieve higher level of productivity to make the process profitable. Business wants to up-skill the workforce with new technology or processes to stay relevant in the market. A new system or process has been introduc...