Philosophy of Adult Learning

Introduction
There are various theories and models associated with Androgyny; the science of adult learning, (Knowles, 1970). The focus of this paper is on reviewing these learning techniques across all disciplines. A brief review of Androgyny shows that the adult learners are self-directed, handling the problems rather than the subject matter, and are motivated from within. Adults usually learn best in real situations, those that are important to them in their course of business or on a personal level. A customer service manager may not need to know how to read a financial or budget (business concern) and yet they eagerly learn to do this process in order to understand why the state is raising their taxes (personal concern). Many adult learners have innate traits associated with theories that concerning learning. The following four philosophies, behaviorist, cognitive, constructive, and humanist, affect the adult learner and my intention is to give some insight to each. My personal learning philosophy however is more closely related to the behaviorist and humanistic philosophies.
Behaviorism
Behaviorism assumes that a learner is passive and responds to stimulus within the environment. Learners within this theory are probably the passive employee or student whose behavior can be positive or it can be negative and is reinforced as such. The reinforcement is a training mechanism that instills the knowledge on the individual through training, which subsequently evokes a positive or negative behavior. Having been in business for years I am in tune with this method as it has been a process used by many corporations for years since the physiological output is production.
Cognitive and Intellectual Development
Adult cognitive changes are based on experience and the intensity of such experience. Upon reviewing this philosophy when an