andragogy (AN-druh-go-jee) noun

   The methods or techniques used to teach adults.

[Andr- variant of andro-, male + (ped)agogy.]

   "As all the patients undergoing cataract surgery are mature adults, the
   theory of androgogy is more appropriate."
   Jean Cooper, Teaching patients in post-operative eye care: The demands
   of day surgery, Nursing Standard, Apr 28, 1999.

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There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and
blood tomorrow. -Victor Hugo, poet, novelist, and dramatist (1802-1885)

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