1. Andragogy refers to teaching strategies for adult learners that focus on engaging them through the structure of learning experiences. 2. There are three main understandings of andragogy - as the scholarly approach to lifelong adult education, as a specific theoretical approach based on self-directed learning developed by Malcolm Knowles, and as an unclear or varying term used in adult education. 3. Knowles asserted that andragogy, meaning "adult learning", should be distinguished from pedagogy which means "child learning" and developed six core assumptions about adult learning and motivation.