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Learner-Centred Education as a Tool for Enhancing Adult Learning in Distance Learning Universities
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Gravani, Maria N. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This paper presents a critical account of the extent and the ways in which learner-centred education approaches are used as a tool for enhancing adult learning in distance learning universities as well as the conditions and restrictions they face. The exploration is illustrated by qualitative data from interviews with eight adult educators and 16…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Adult Learning, Distance Education, Universities
The Teaching Styles and Use of Adult Learning Theory among Nursing Professional Development Educators
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Curran, Mary K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The American Nurses Association advocates for nursing professional development (NPD) specialists to have an earned graduate degree, as well as educational and clinical expertise. However, many NPD specialists have limited exposure to adult learning theory (ALT), and this lack of exposure may reduce organizational knowledge transfer (KT) and the…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Adult Educators
An Exploratory Study of the Philosophy and Teaching Styles of Georgia Workforce Educators and Entrepreneurship Instructors
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Floyd, Tuboise D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This exploratory study examines the adult educational philosophies and teaching styles of workforce educators and entrepreneurship instructors within the State of Georgia. A workforce educator is an educator teaching workforce skills; an entrepreneurship instructor is an educator who teaches entrepreneurship skills. Conti's Principles of Adult…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Philosophy, Reliability
Adult Teaching Methods in China and Bloom's Taxonomy
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Wang, Victor; Farmer, Lesley – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
Drawing from Bloom's 1956 Taxonomy and Western theories on adult learning, the authors argue that adult teaching methods in China feature a teacher-centered, information-based and test-driven instructional format. An author-designed survey instrument called Lower-Order Thinking Skills and Higher-Order Thinking Skills (LOTSHOTS) was used to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Taxonomy, Learning Theories, Western Civilization
The Predictive Association between the Ego-Stage and Group-Relevant Aspects of Personality and Learner Satisfaction and Learning Achievement on the Basis of the Degree of Congruence in Teacher-Learner Dyads in Adult Learning Groups; Abstract of a Thesis.
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Borger, Valbur – 1969
This study investigated congruence in ego stage and group relevant aspects of teachers' and learners' personalities, and between their preferences for and perceptions of group work and emotionality behaviors, as related to learners' learning achievement and to teacher and student satisfaction with learning group membership. Subjects (130 learners…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
The Predictive Association between the Ego-Stage and Group-Relevant Aspects of Personality and Learner Satisfaction and Learning Achievement on the Basis of the Degree of Congruence in Teacher-Learner Dyads in Adult Learning Courses.
Borger, Valbur – 1969
This study investigated congruence in ego stage and group relevant aspects of teachers' and learners' personalities, and between their preferences for and perceptions of group work and personality behaviors, as related to learners' learning achievement and to teacher and student satisfaction with learning group membership. Subjects (130 learners…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Educators, Adult Learning