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Andragogy, Mesagogy, and Pedagogy: The Effects of Subject-matter Difficulty on Learner Structure Preferences
Type of Presentation
Shared
Session Abstract
Presenters share a research study examining the effects of subject-matter difficulty on adult learner preferences for learning environment structure.
Target Audience
Adult educators, learning theorists, curriculum developers, and individuals familiar with the work of Malcolm Knowles would find this session interesting.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will first become familiar with a Knowlesian Teaching-Learning continuum that conceptualizes learner maturation and its application in adult learning environments. The continuum asserts that subject matter differences impact preferred learning environments and this research investigates that assertion. As such attendees will learn whether this assertion has merit in the context of the study.
Session Description
This study builds on previous research using a Knowlesian spectrum that ranges from highly structured, teacher-directed environments on the one end, to highly unstructured, learner-directed environments on the other. The essential question this study attempts to answer is “Do students faced with complicated subject matter tend to prefer more highly-structured, teacher-directed classroom environments (that is, a pedagogical environment) while those engaged in straightforward, perhaps enjoyable subject matter tend to prefer more loosely structured, learner-directed environments (an andragogical environment)?” Presenters will share research study methods and findings, and will facilitate discussion of the implications.
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Wednesday November 6
Primary Presenter
Joseph H. Reynolds, Troy University
Work Title
Chair, Department of Education
Additional Presenters: Enters In Order.
Jonathan Taylor, Troy University
Work Title
Program Coordinator, Adult and Postsecondary Education