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Pong, Hok-Ko; Leung, Chi Hung; Cheung, Ho Yin – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In the current research, we developed and validated a questionnaire to measure Chinese working adults' motivation to study accounting on a path of lifelong learning in Hong Kong, China. We conducted individual in-depth interviews with adult learners (n = 30) and professionals (n = 12) in study 1 and study 2. Qualitative analysis showed six…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Urban, Kamila; Jirsáková, Jitka – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
In contrast to traditional students, post-traditional students follow a broken path through the education system. Therefore, they are older when studying and often have jobs and families. The aim of the present study was to investigate motivation and personality character traits in 67 adult learners (part-time students) and 84 traditional students…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Barriers
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Fiorini, Luke A.; Borg, Anna; Debono, Manwel – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many tertiary institutions switching overnight from taught to online lectures without much preparation. Studies suggest that the sudden change has impacted on students' satisfaction with online learning in differing ways. Yet, little is known about how this change impacted specifically on adult…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Part Time Students, Electronic Learning, Distance Education