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The Journal of Global Business management Volume 9 * Number 1* February 201322 teacher -Centered Versus Learner - centered Teaching Style Ahmed Khaled Ahmed, Al Ain University of Science and Technology College of Education ABSTRACT The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine and identify the type of teaching style education instructors at a mid-sized, publicly funded Midwestern University. Participants of the study were selected from among graduate education instructors from four departments. The selected four departments for the study offered doctoral, specialist, and master s degree programs. PALS measure (Conti, 1989) was used to assess the education instructors teaching style. Findings of this study indicated that there were two types of teaching style among graduate education instructors at the Midwestern University.

24 The Journal of Global Business Management Volume 9 * Number 1* February 2013 statistical evidence indicated that the teacher’s style had a significant influence on the degree of academic gains of the students. However, these gains were not consistent with the general adult education literature;

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