Malcolm Knowles Quotes

• We will learn no matter what! Learning is as natural as rest or play. With or without books, inspiring trainers or classrooms, we will manage to learn. Educators can, however, make a difference in what people learn and how well they learn it. If we know why we are learning and if the reason fits our needs as we perceive them, we will learn quickly and deeply.

  Malcolm Knowles

  Book, Play, Differences

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• The learner should be actively involved in the learning process.

  Malcolm Knowles

  Process, Should, Learners

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• An essential aspect of maturing is developing the ability to take increasing responsibility for our own lives—to become increasingly self-directed

  Malcolm Knowles

  Responsibility, Self, Essentials

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• A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management.

  Malcolm Knowles

  Party, Intelligence, Principles

  Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (1984). “The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species”, Gulf Publishing Company

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