Pedagogy / Andogogy

Social networking aligns / relates to various schools of thought and pedagogy/androgogy such as:

1. Constructivism, Vygotsky view of socially constructed knowledge

2. Cognitive and humanistic psychology, which views learning as primarily a social process

3. Theories of multiple intelligence (Howard Gardiner) and Emotional IQ (EI) which relates social skills, emotional perceptiveness with our ability to communicate effectively, make social connections and problem solve

Many of these theories which once focussed on explaining child and adolescent development extend into views of life-based and life-long learning, which is core and central to the need for social networking.