Correlates Among Computer-Using Teacher Educators' Beliefs, Teaching and Learning Preferences, and Demographics

Bernard R. Robin, Ph.D. and Judith B. Harris, Ph.D.
Journal of Educational Computing Research, Vol. 18, Number 1, 1998, p. 15-35

Are teacher educators' teaching styles, learning mode preferences, world views, and demographics related? One hundred seventy-seven technology-using teaching educators working primarily at teacher preparation institutions in North America responded to a ninety-six-item survey to provide initial answers to this question. Several statistically significant correlations with teaching styles were detected. Overall, the tecnology-using teacher educators in our sample who preferred learner-centered teaching approaches had higher levels of formal schooling, were more often female than male, preferred to learn by concrete experience, and were more social constructionist in their world views. Their learner-centered teaching beliefs were evidenced specifically in preferences for highly participative educational activities and importance ascribed to including and encouraging personal development as part of teacher education.
 

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