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Alexander Kapp (1800–1869) was a German educational thinker who first used the term “andragogy” in his 1833 publication Platon’s Erziehungslehre (Plato’s Theory of Education). Although he did not develop it into a systematic theory specifically focused on adult learning and its philosophical dimensions, his work marked the first appearance of the term in academic literature. In Turkish academic literature, the origin of the concept of andragogy is frequently traced back to Kapp’s terminological

Stephen Brookfield was born in Liverpool, England, in 1949. After completing his undergraduate education in England, he emigrated to Canada in the early 1970s. Brookfield earned his doctorate from the University of Toronto. He has spent a significant portion of his academic career in the United States, serving on the faculties of institutions such as Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of St. Thomas, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Throughout his career, he has a

Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (1913–1997) is one of the most influential theorists of adult education in the 20th century. He pioneered the systematic development and dissemination of the concept of andragogy, meaning adult education, within Anglo-American educational literature. Through both theoretical and practical work, he made significant contributions to shaping lifelong learning policies.Life and EducationMalcolm S. Knowles was born on 24 August 1913 in Montana, United States. His father, Nath