GENESIS OF ANDRAGOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE: HISTORICAL ASPECT

The article is devoted to the problem of the development of andragological knowledge in the context        of the implementation of the concept of “lifelong education”. The article analyses the demographic and socio- economic transformations of Ukrainian society, which led to increased attention of scientists to the problem of adult education. So, in almost all countries there is a rapid aging of the population, that is, the number of people aged 60 years or more is gradually compared with the number of children, youth and adults,  and according to the UN, in the next 15 years their number on a global scale will grow by 56 % and amount to more than 1.4 billion by 2030 Studying the genesis of andragological knowledge, the author analyzes the works of domestic and foreign scientists on the etymology of the definition of ”andragogy“, the conceptual foundations and essential characteristics of andragological knowledge, its interdisciplinary nature in their historical dimension. From the moment when the term “andragogics” was adopted for the first time (A. Kapp, 1833) to this day, this field of knowledge has a considerable background, which is of significant scientific interest, in particular the genesis of andragological knowledge. Over eighty years of development of andragological knowledge and research, adult education and adult education are a colorful palette of different theories, models, principles, explanations of how an adult learns and needs to be taught. Our historical overview of the formation and development of andragological knowledge as a key idea of the concept of lifelong learning, of course, does not exhaust all aspects of this process. Special attention is required to study the andragologists who were at the origins of andragological science, to supplement ideas about the genesis of andragological knowledge, and their expedient extrapolation to the modern realities of the development of andragological science, will make possible the further implementation of the idea of learning during life, an increase in the educational level of the population of our country.