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Direct linkShalini Sahoo; Roberto J. Millar; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – Grantee Submission, 2021
Research on factors associated with motivation to learn (MtL) is limited, particularly among middle-aged adults and immigrants. This study examines educational attainment, literacy skills, and nativity (foreign-born vs. native-born) as predictors of MtL in middle-aged adults living in the U.S. Nationally representative data of middle-aged adults…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Literacy, Learning Motivation, Lifelong Learning
Patterson, Margaret Becker – Adult Literacy Education, 2020
Research on adult English learners (ELs) typically (and appropriately) focuses on language-related skills. However, adult ELs may need numeracy instruction to navigate daily life or understand health information. Little is known about how ELs use numeracy skills at home and connections of skill use with related electronic numeracy skills. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, English Language Learners
Boeren, Ellen – European Education, 2019
This article demonstrates that foreign-born adults in Europe tend to participate less in adult education activities compared to native-born adults living in the same country. However, this is mainly explained through the job-related nature of nonformal education. Foreign-born adults tend to participate more in formal adult education than…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Nationals, Adults, Adult Education
Avoseh, Mejai, Ed.; Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These papers are from the CIAE 2020 Virtual International…
Descriptors: Adult Education, International Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
