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STUDY REGARDING THE USE OF COMPUTER IN ADULT EDUCATION
STUDY REGARDING THE USE OF COMPUTER IN ADULT EDUCATION

Author(s): Petruţa Coman, Liliana Ezechil
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Adult trainers; adult trainees; learning by means of computer

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a study having as its purpose the comparison of adult trainers’ perceptions with the perceptions of adult trainees on the advantages of using computer in the didactical process for identifying common interest aspects. The premise on which this study is based is that the quality of teaching by means of computer is reflected on the quality of learning results. For this reason, research is focused on the perceptions of adult trainees on the investigated processes and phenomena. The research design is of multi-method type which combines qualitative and quantitative methods to collect data. Used instruments: the semi-structured in-depth interview based on the focus-group method; questionnaires applied on pair samples. The results of the study reveal training needs of adult trainers in the fields of innovation, teaching, learning, evaluation methodologies through the use of computer as a pedagogic tool and as an effect of knowing adult trainees’ perceptions in this regard.

  • Issue Year: 8/2012
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 129-134
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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