The major purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of Southern Baptist ministers of education concerning the competencies needed for work in adult religious education. The three objectives were: to determine perceptions of ministers of education about knowledge and skill competencies useful in their professional educational activities with adults; to determine perceptions of ministers of education about the adequacy of their preparation to perform competencies needed in professional educational activities for adults; and to determine if ministers of education who have had prior preparation in adult education differ in their perceptions from those who had no prior preparation. / Data were sought from a twenty percent sample of Southern Baptist ministers of education that elicited their perceptions of the usefulness of selected adult education competencies in knowledge and skill areas as well as perception of the adequacy of their prior preparation for their competencies. / Analyses of the data indicated the following: (1) prior preparation in adult education exerted an influence, however modest, on the perception of ministers of education about the usefulness of skill competencies and little or no influence on knowledge competencies; (2) prior preparation in adult education exerts an influence, however modest, on the perception of ministers of education about the adequacy of preparation for the performance of skill competencies and no influence on knowledge competencies; (3) ministers of education with prior preparation percevie very significant differences in usefulness and adequacy of learning experiences for knowledge and skill competencies; and (4) ministers of education without prior preparation perceive significant differences in usefulness and adequacy of learning experiences for knowledge competencies and a very significant difference for skill competencies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, Section: A, page: 2434. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74457 |
| Contributors | ALFORD, JOHN WALTON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 163 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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