Toward Development of a Generalized Instrument to Measure Andragogy
Toward Development of a Generalized Instrument to Measure Andragogy
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DOI：
10.1002/hrdq.20014
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Bates, Reid A.
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作者：
Holton, Elwood F., III;Wilson, Lynda Swanson;Bates, Reid A.
在过去的40年里，成人教育学已经成为成人教育的主要框架之一。成人教育学研究中的一个主要和明显的差距是缺乏一种测量工具，可以充分测量成人教育学原理和过程设计元素。因此，对这一理论的实证检验是不可能的。这篇文章的目的是报告初步尝试开发一个调查工具，纠正这一缺陷的成人教育学研究文献。为这项研究开发的工具是一个全面的检查andragogogical原则和过程设计元素及其对学生的满意度和学习成果在中学后教育设置的影响的一部分。它被管理到404名成年人就读于面向成人的研究生学位课程。探索性因素分析显示，有前途的规模来衡量六个andragogogical原则和八个过程设计元素中的六个。该仪器是迄今为止测量成人教育原理和要素的最成功的尝试。它有希望推进研究andragogy，并随后推进人力资源开发领域的解释情感和认知反应andragogogical教学策略在一系列的学习环境。对未来的研究，以加强该工具的其他影响进行了讨论。
Andragogy has emerged as one of the dominant frameworks for teaching adults during the past 40 years. A major and glaring gap in andragogy research is the lack of a measurement instrument that adequately measures both andragogical principles and process design elements. As a result, no definitive empirical test of the theory has been possible. The purpose of this article is to report on initial attempts to develop a survey instrument that corrects this shortcoming in the andragogy research literature. The instrument developed for this study was part of a comprehensive examination of andragogical principles and process design elements and their effect on student satisfaction and learning outcomes in a postsecondary education setting. It was administered to 404 adults enrolled in an adult-oriented postgraduate degree program. Exploratory factor analysis revealed promising scales to measure five of the six andragogical principles and six of the eight process design elements. This instrument is the most successful attempt to date to measure andragogical principles and elements. It holds promise for advancing research on andragogy, and subsequently advancing the field of HRD by explaining affective and cognitive responses to andragogical instructional strategies across a spectrum of learning environments. Additional implications for future research to strengthen the instrument are also discussed.