Identifying learning preferences among Italian undergraduate students studying the sociology of religion: drawing on psychological type preferences.

This study argues that the notion of learning preferences (rooted within a coherent and established theory of personality and individual differences) may be more fruitful than the largely contested notion of learning styles. The case is illustrated by extrapolation from psychological type theory in...

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Published in:Mental Health, Religion & Culture Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 581 - 594
Main Authors: Francis, Leslie J., Giordan, Giuseppe
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2021
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          Francis, Leslie J.
          Giordan, Giuseppe
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          Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
          Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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        Italy
        Personality
        Sociology
        Teaching methods
        Psychology
        Curriculum
        Undergraduates
        Student attitudes
        Emotions
        Thought & thinking
        Cognitive styles
        Theory
        Psychology & religion
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          Thought & thinking
          Cognitive styles
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        individual differences
        learning styles
        Psychological type
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      ab: This study argues that the notion of learning preferences (rooted within a coherent and established theory of personality and individual differences) may be more fruitful than the largely contested notion of learning styles. The case is illustrated by extrapolation from psychological type theory in the light of the profile of 581 students enrolled in undergraduate programmes embracing the sociology of religion at Padua University, Italy, employing the Italian translation of the Francis Psychological Type Scales. Overall the data demonstrated a relatively balanced need for teaching and learning approaches appropriate for introverts and extraverts, for sensing types and intuitive types, and for feeling types and thinking types. At the same time, the group was heavily weighted in terms of judging types over perceiving types, indicating a priority toward structured and disciplined presentation of the curriculum.
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