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Franklin, Joan E.; Freeland, D. Kim – 1989
A descriptive study using survey research techniques investigated the degree to which managerial philosophy was related to training and development professionals' acceptance and practice of those adult learning principles that support the collaborative teaching-learning mode. Data were collected from a random sample of 400 members of the American…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Freeland, D. Kim; Franklin, Joan E. – 1989
A descriptive study using survey research techniques investigated the degree to which health education professors adhere to and practice the principles of adult education. The instrument used to measure acceptance of the adult education mode (collaborative style) was the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS), a 44-item summative scale based on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, College Faculty
DeCoux, Valerie; And Others – 1992
To examine the relationship among the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS), Educational Orientation Questionnaire (EOQ), and Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory (PAEI), the three instruments were administered to 111 graduate adult education students. The instruments had similar purposes: PAEI measured philosophical orientation relative to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Educational Philosophy
Conti, Gary J. – 1979
The Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS) was developed and validated for measuring congruency between adult education practitioners' actual observable classroom behavior and their expressed belief in the collaborative teaching-learning mode. This model is a learner-centered instruction method in which learner and practitioner share authority…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Behavior Rating Scales