APPLICATION OF ANDRAGOGY IN SELF DIRECTED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION Dang Thi Thanh Thuy, Tang Thi Thuy, Trinh Van Minh (VNU University of Education) Abstract This study aims to find out the nature of andragogy and self directed learning (SDL) in higher education by utilizing qualitative research method with desk study of literature review relating to Knowles’s theories in andragogy and SDL The research results showed that “andragogy” was first known in 1833, then developed into a theory of ad[.]