4. Results and DiscussionsBased on

4. Results and Discussions
Based on the scoring guide developed by Conti (1978), findings of the study revealed that there are two distinct learning
styles among the adult learners in non formal programs of the community colleges. The findings showed that 541 (56.4%)
adult learners have learner-centered learning styles and 418 (43.6%) learners possess teacher-centered learning style. These findings contradict with previous studies and Conti’s learning model that postulate that adult learners favor learner-centered approach. In-depth analysis of each individual learning style indicates that the majority of the adult learners have learnercentered learning style. 484 (50.5%) learners are at low level while 57 (6.0%) are at moderate level. In addition, the majority of learners with teacher-centred learning styles are categorized into the moderate level. This is indicated by 406 (42.3%) of them are at low level and 12 (1.1%) learners are at moderate level. This study also determines the extent to which the adult learners favor the learning principles applied by the lecturers in their teaching. It is found that adult learners favor at a low level, learner-centered activities applied by the lecturers (m=2.01). Teaching practices like planning teaching as different as possible from student background, encouraging student to motivate himself/herself during group discussion, using written evaluation as performance evaluation rather than program planning tool, using methods that foster quiet activity to control class, using formal evaluation techniques as method of evaluation and using the same evaluation criteria with every group, are favored at low levels. On the other hand, teaching practices such as
using disciplinary action in class when necessary, encouraging students to unquestionably accept knowledge offered,
determining the educational objectives for each student, using one basic teaching method, using what literature suggest that adults need to learn and using materials that were originally designed for youth are favored at moderate levels by the adult learners.