The Houle Typology after Twenty-two Years: A Large-Scale Empirical Test.

Boshier, Rogier; Collins, John B.

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Publication Date: 1985

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The Houle Typology after Twenty-two Years: A Large-Scale Empirical Test.

Boshier, Rogier; Collins, John B.

Adult Education Quarterly, v35 n3 p113-30 Spr 1985

In this study, Education Participation Scale data from 13,442 learners in Africa, Asia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States were combined and subjected to a cluster analysis designed to examine the extent to which Houle's typology fitted the phenomenological reality that exists within adult education participants. Results are described. (Author/CT)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classification, Cluster Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Goal Orientation, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Education Participation Scale

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