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Wonmai Punksungka; Takashi Yamashita; Abigail Helsinger; Rita Karam; Phyllis Cummins; Jenna Kramer – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
This study examined the associations between adult education and training (AET) participation, educational attainment, literacy skills, gender, and race/ethnicity among the U.S. adult population aged 25 to 65 years old (n = 5,450). Given the socioeconomic advancements of women and racial/ethnic minorities in the last few decades, including higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Student Participation, Adult Students, Educational Attainment
Mousa Alfaifi – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2024
Motivation plays a crucial role in adult learners' decisions to enroll in educational programs. This study aimed to evaluate the motivations for adult learners who enrolled at adult high schools in Riyadh as well as the potential gender and age differences for their motivations. The Education Participation Scale (EPS) A-Form was administered to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, High Schools, Age Differences
Aljohani, Obaidalah H.; Alajlan, Sarah M. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2022
In today's world of accelerated progress and change, the skills to solve problems, think critically, communicate effectively, and manage lives are essential for people to flourish in the 21st century. The purpose of the study is to explore the role of Learning Neighborhood Programme for achieving the necessary life skills that adult learners need…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, COVID-19, Pandemics
Ayse Eliüsük Bülbül; Deniz Yalçinkaya – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
In this study, a research model was created to explain whether the relationship between life satisfaction and motivation levels of adults depends on self-control. The dependent variable of this study is adults' life satisfaction (Y), the moderating variable is self-control (W), and the independent variable is adults' lifelong learning motivation…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Life Satisfaction, Motivation Techniques, Adult Learning
Punksungka, Wonmai; Yamashita, Takashi; Helsinger, Abigail; Kramer, Jenna; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Karam, Rita T. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
The research team examined the associations between adult education and training (AET) participation, educational attainment, literacy skills, gender, race, and ethnicity among the U.S. adult population aged 25- to 65-years old (n = 5,450). As more women and racial/ethnic minorities make educational and economic advancements, it is important to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correlation, Literacy, Gender Differences
Jan Kalenda; Jitka Vaculíková; Ilona Kocvarová – Cogent Education, 2024
This study explores gender-related inequality in participation in Adult Education and Training (AET) in four countries with vastly different adult learning systems and support measures for women's AET. Our examination of the data from an original international survey conducted in 2022 has found that the participation of men and women clearly…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cross Cultural Studies
Susana Vidigal-Alfaya; Miguel-Ángel Ballesteros-Moscosio; Cristina Yanes-Cabrera – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
This study aims to determine the predominant motivation among users of the vocational training for employment (VTE) system and to discern whether there are differences according to socio-demographic traits such as gender, age, and employment status. Motivation is a factor that has to be taken into account during any teaching-learning process. The…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Career and Technical Education, Student Characteristics, Gender Differences
Wonmai Punksungka; Takashi Yamashita; Abigail Helsinger; Rita Karam; Phyllis Cummins; Jenna Kramer – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study examined the associations between adult education and training (AET) participation, educational attainment, literacy skills, gender, and race/ethnicity among the U.S. adult population aged 25 to 65 years old (n = 5,450). Given the socioeconomic advancements of women and racial/ethnic minorities in the last few decades, including higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Student Participation, Adult Students, Educational Attainment
Te-Sheng Chang; Alexander MacDonald Haynes – Educational Gerontology, 2025
Curricula have historically overlooked non-heteronormative education for elderly populations. The purpose of this study was to assess attitude changes toward same-sex relationships among Taiwanese older adults before and after taking a curriculum focused on the lived experiences of same-sex partners. Seventy-six older adults from Hualien County,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Older Adults, Attitude Change
Si-Chu Shen; Yan-Hao Feng; Guang-Hui Shen; Cai-Mei Liu; Sheng-Xiong Wu – Educational Gerontology, 2024
In China, the innovative development of education for older people is an important response to the aging population, and an important way to meet the spiritual, cultural, and social needs of older people. Current academic research mainly focuses on the social factors that affect the participation of older people in education and there are few…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Personality Traits, Older Adults
Miller-Roenigk, Brittany; Awad, Michael; Crouch, Maria C.; Gordon, Derrick M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2023
Adult basic education (ABE) programs in the United States serve millions of students annually to help them achieve high school equivalency, English proficiency, and other skills. These skills are necessary for upward mobility and competitiveness in the labor market, which is important for ABE students who are disproportionately affected by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Trauma, Substance Abuse
Neha Nanda; Amani Talwar; Stephanie Cronen; Sasha Lotas; Jessica Stockham – American Institutes for Research, 2025
Adult education programs play a pivotal role in closing skills gaps, strengthening the workforce, and bolstering the U.S. economy. Persistence in this type of programming can influence educational and long-term employment outcomes. At the same time, persistence itself can be influenced by a multitude of individual and contextual factors. Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Education, Educational Attainment, Academic Persistence
Kippie Barnwell Hartcraft – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this non-experimental quantitative study was to investigate the relationship between learned helplessness and academic baseline levels among adult students who dropped out of high school and have returned to a high school equivalency program to prepare to take the GED examination. The study controlled for the variables of the age of…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Adult Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Age Differences
Gerganov, Alexander; Ilieva-Trichkova, Petya; Boyadjieva, Pepka – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
The article aims to show that taking into account diverse characteristics of the wider social environment is indispensable for a better understanding of participation in adult education (PAE). It explores the association of corruption as a macro factor with PAE, arguing for an integrated approach to PAE. By using two indexes for corruption at…
Descriptors: Ethics, Deception, Adult Education, Foreign Countries
Kristina V. Willey – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quantitative study explored the intricate landscape of marketing strategies influencing adult learners' satisfaction with their decisions to enroll in community colleges. Using survey research design, this study illuminated significant insights into the multifaceted world of higher education marketing, particularly in the context of community…
Descriptors: Marketing, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Community College Students