e) Such standard requirements as status in the community or occupational group,
Previous teaching experience, etc., are desirable only when they are compatible with
the characteristics described above.
f) They should be intrigued with the notion that adults are different from children
as learners, and express positive pleasure at the prospect of participating in an inser-vice training program on the teaching of adults.
A simple tool that might be helpful, if used properly, in the selection process, is an
“Educational Orientation Questionnaire" that was developed and validated by one of
my former students, Dr. Herschel Hadley. The EOQ enables individuals to place
themselves on a scale from “pedagogical orientation" to “andragogical orientation" as
regards their beliefs about the teaching-learning process. I believe it should be used as a diagnostic instrument-providing clues as to what inservice education activities or reading might be recommended to teachers leaning toward the pedagogical orientation-rather than used as a screening device.