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German educator Alexander Kapp introduced the term Andragogy for the first time.
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German educator Eugene Rosenstock-Huessy introduced the term for adults in special education.
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Eduard Lindeman was the first to introduce the term Andragogy for English speaking students and emphasized the term as a teaching method.
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Cyril Orvin Houle published the book, "The Inquiring Mind" describing how some adults are motivated by their goals, others by human interaction, and finally for the sake of knowledge.
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The Adult Education Act was created in 1966 in order to make adult education a federal responsibility.
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The Adult Education Act was amended to adjust the age requirement from 18 to 16 years old.
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Allen Tough introduces the concept of self-directed learning.
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Florida State University creates the ADDIE model that was adopted by the US Army for project management.
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The American Association of Adult and Continuing Education was formed after the National Association for Public and Continuing Education and the Adult Education Association merged. This merger created the Adult Education Quarterly and an annual conference.
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The scope of the Adult Education Act was expanded by Congress to include several additional supports and practices.
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George Bush organizes the Education Summit and met with the 50 governors to create national goals for education.
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The National Institute for Literacy was created in 1991 providing resources for adults in education to improve their literacy skills.
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President Obama sets a goal for adult education in the US to be the greatest amount in the world by 2020.
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The US department of Education adopted the Adult Education standards based on Common Core standards in 2013.