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Educational Philosophies and Teaching Styles of Alabama Cooperative Extension System Agents
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East, William Tom, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the educational philosophies and teaching styles of Extension agents in the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. The Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory (PAEI) designed by Zinn and the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS) developed by Conti were the instruments used in this study. The PAEI identifies the educator's…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Teaching Styles, Extension Education, Extension Agents
Teaching Style Preferences and Educational Philosophy of Teacher Education Faculty at a State University
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Fries, Cindi H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Scope and Method of Study: An educational philosophy and teaching style provide a foundation for understanding and for guiding guide decisions about curriculum, teacher-learner relationship and professional practice. The purpose of this descriptive quantitative study was to describe the educational philosophies and teaching styles of the teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Teacher Education, College Faculty, Educational Philosophy
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
Collaborating with McGregor and ASTD.
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
The Collaborative Teaching-Learning Mode: Health Education Professors and Adult Learning Principles.
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
A Quantitative Examination of Philosophical Predilections of Adult Education Graduate Students.
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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
Analysis of Scores on Principles of Adult Learning Scale for Part-Time Faculty and Recommendations for Staff Development Activities.
Conti, Gary J. – 1983
A study assessed the degree to which teachers in the Hidalgo-Starr Adult Education Coop in Texas support and practice the principles in the literature on adult education. During the project, 94 part-time teachers from the Hidalgo-Starr Adult Education Coop completed the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS). (The PALS is a validated 44-item…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Classroom Techniques