PROGRAM SATISFACTION RELATIVE TO PREFERENCE FOR ANDRAGOGICAL OR PEDAGOGICAL TEACHING METHODOLOGY IN BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENTS.
Contributors: Indiana University School of Nursing.
Published: 1994
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Education.; Education, Higher.
Description: Students who begin a baccalaureate nursing program later in life have identified that their programs do not meet their learning needs. Courses and programs in nursing have been developed based on Knowles' concepts of how adults learn but little research data support these changes. A review of the literature did not reveal the degree to which students have evaluated their satisfaction with the program. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a difference in program satisfaction between those students who graduated from high school and began their BSN program, and those students who waited before beginning their BSN program relative to their preference for andragogical or pedagogical teaching methodology.

The convenience sample was comprised of 481 sophomore, junior, and senior baccalaureate nursing students. The survey instruments obtained data on preference for andragogical or pedagogical teaching methodology, program satisfaction, and demographic characteristics. Analysis of variance was used to determine if there were significant differences in Hadley's Educational Orientation Questionnaire (EOQ), and Program Satisfaction Scale (PSS) scores based on student age, gender, marital status, and year in college. Analysis of variance was also used to determine if differences existed for students who started their pre-nursing program after high school and those who waited.

In general, students preferred the andragogical teaching methodology over the pedagogical teaching methodology. There was a significant difference between the EOQ mean score and age (p =.01) with the 22-24 year olds having the highest preference for the andragogical teaching method. There was a significant difference in EOQ score and year in college (p =.00) with sophomore and senior students preferring more andragogical teaching methods than junior students.

The students' PSS mean score indicated satisfaction with the program, and junior students were more satisfied with the program than sophomore or senior students. Analysis of variance determined there were no differences in program satisfaction or preference for andragogical or pedagogical teaching methods between students who started their BSN program after high school and those who waited.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-09, Section: B, page: 3821.

Thesis (D.N.S.)--INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING, 1994.

School code: 0815.