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Jessica H. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Discipleship, a primary charge of the Church, involves teaching and learning. In order to disciple well, the Church and its clergy must consider how to teach content so that adults learn effectively. This consideration ought to begin in seminary, the primary source of educational preparation for Anglican clergy. Research is needed to identify the…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Readiness, Clergy, Adult Learning
Cheryl Christine Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this survey design research study was to assess the teaching styles of naturopathic medical (ND) faculty in terms of teacher-centered or learner-centered using the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS). A secondary study question was the comparable differences in ND faculty teaching styles, and that of the published literature…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Teaching Styles, Medical Education, Adult Learning
Minter, Robert L. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
This article addresses the myriad of pedagogical and andragogical issues facing university educators in the student learning process. It briefly explores the proliferation of learning theories in an attempt to develop awareness among faculty who teach at the university/college levels that not all theories of learning apply to the adult learner. In…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Teaching Styles, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Huang, Jiuhan; Tindall, Evie; Nisbet, Deanna – Journal of Adult Education, 2011
This article reports on a survey study that investigated the types of authentic materials and activities that ESL teachers of adults utilize and deem successful in their classrooms. Data were gathered through the use of a researcher-developed questionnaire consisting of nine items. Thirty participants provided examples of authentic materials and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Learning Activities, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Bakare, Tewo V. – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
Teaching methods at the University level are supposed to emanate from the Nigerian National Policy on Education and stated curriculum, which have been found to affect learning outcomes significantly. This study surveyed popular teaching methods at the undergraduate level in Universities within the South-West geo-political zone of Nigeria. Six…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Standardized Tests, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries
Worley, Karen – Adult Learning, 2011
Faculty and administrators of higher education today face a challenge with their student populations, many of whom are part of what is known as the net generation. As students become more technologically advanced, faculty must be technologically ready to meet the needs of students. Many college faculty and administrators are from earlier…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Technological Advancement

Post, Patricia A.; Carusetta, Ellen; Maher, Elin; MacIntosh, Judy – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1998
Comparison of a nursing course delivered by videoconferencing (n=21), administration course via audiographics (n=23), and education course via audioconferencing (n=31) showed that, regardless of the technology, learners were most influenced by instructor's teaching style. The importance of relational and interactive factors in distance teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Jarvis, Peter – Adult Education (London), 1987
The author argues against the assumption that models of educational research that appear "scientific" must be correct. To illustrate this, he points out that teaching and learning in adult education are obviously related activites, yet, because of adherence to the "scientific," they are rarely related to each other in research. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research
Ash, Barbara F. – 1986
Drawing from a literature review of books, periodicals, and documents published since 1971, this paper provides the necessary background for a business/industrial trainer to reach trainees more effectively by identifying students' learning styles and matching styles with appropriate strategies for teaching/learning. Part A provides a summary of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Group Instruction, Individual Instruction

Williams, Christine C. – Community Services Catalyst, 1984
Reviews David Kolb's Experiential Learning Model, stressing its potential for developing or redesigning curricula for adult learners to include learning modes focusing on concrete experience, active experimentation, reflective observation, and abstract conceptualization. Offers a checklist for assessing which modes are accommodated by an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development

Hoffman, Lee McGraw – Community College Review, 1980
Reviews the literature dealing with ways of improving the effectiveness of adult basic education reading instruction in the areas of teacher training, teaching styles, instructional methods and materials, and adult learning patterns. Discusses the implications of the studies cited. (AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs
Conti, Gary J. – Lifelong Learning, 1985
Discusses the collaborative mode, a learner-centered method of instruction in which authority for curriculum formation is jointly shared by the learner and the practitioner. Examines the teacher's role, student participation, assessing teaching style, and elements of the Principles of Adult Learning Scale: learner-centered activities,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Classroom Environment
Jensen, James Otto – 1969
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the influence of democratic and authoritarian teaching methods on the efficiency of learning in a short, concentrated management technique course and to develop and test hypotheses regarding the relationship between these teaching methods and the factors of instructor personality, student age,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Authoritarianism
Norris, Robert G. – 1977
Teachers of adults, if they are to be really effective, must be sensitive to the particular characteristics and needs of adult learners. Adults have many physiological, psychological, and social characteristics that are the result of normal aging. In determining which characteristics interfere with learning, it is found that all have an impact on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Peterson, David A. – 1983
A guide to help instructors and program planners understand the educational needs and characteristics of older learners is presented. Social, economic, and educational consequences of increasing longevity are identified. A brief history of education for older people is presented, and research and experience on adult and continuing education are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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