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Aljohani, Obaidalah H.; Alajlan, Sarah M. – Adult Learning, 2020
This study's main purpose was to identify adult learners' motivation to pursue learning at Saudi Arabia's Yanbu adult-education schools. The study also investigates if there is a difference by gender, by age, and among learners in terms of their internal and external motivation to learn. The study's theoretical framework came from Knowles' theory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Learning Motivation
Odebode, Aminat Adeola – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2019
This study investigated the parental attitude towards sexuality education for secondary school students in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study also sought whether variables such as gender, religion and educational qualification would affect the respondents' views. Descriptive survey method was adopted for this study. Using a three-stage sampling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Sex Education
Nandini, V.; K., Anuradha – Issues and Ideas in Education, 2021
The present study focuses on the perceived stress in 353 parents, whose Children with Intellectual disability underwent training in special education schools of (Bavitha Readiness Centres), Chittoor dist., Andhra Pradesh. The overall perceived stress (scale) score was measured through family assessment scheduled (FAS) developed by NIMHANS. The…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Parent Education, Training, Program Effectiveness
Aljohani, Obaidalah H.; Alajlan, Sarah M. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
This study's main purpose was to identify adult learners' motives to pursue learning at Saudi Arabia' Yanbu adult-education schools. The study also investigates if there is a difference, by gender, by age, and among the learners' perceptions, about both the internal and external motivation to learn. The study's theoretical framework came from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Learning Motivation
Thériault, Virginie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2019
This article offers an alternative point of view on the perspectives that large-scale literacy surveys provide on refugee women by presenting the case of Darya, a young Afghan woman who moved to Canada as a refugee in 2009. It also presents how a community-based organisation for young people addressed Darya's literacy and identity curation…
Descriptors: Literacy, Refugees, Females, Community Organizations
Aslan, Serkan – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This research aims to examine the current situation of multicultural education in elementary schools. Therefore, the views of the classroom teachers on multicultural education have been examined and multicultural education activities have been observed in the classes. Having a case study research method which is considered as one of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Yamashita, Takashi; López, Erick B.; Keene, Jennifer R.; Kinney, Jennifer M. – Educational Gerontology, 2015
Lifelong learning is receiving greater attention due to population aging in modern societies. Lifelong learning benefits individuals by supporting their physical, psychological, social, and economic well-being. However, older adults generally have lower motivation for learning than younger adults, and facilitating long-term participation in…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Adult Education, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning
Liggins, James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The idea that individual behavior is the result of society's influence on individual self-concept beliefs reflects more than a century of theory and research. Therefore, this study focuses on self-concept as a construct of primordial human characteristics such as emotion, aspiration, love, conflict, anger, jealousy, contradiction, guilt, and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Individual Characteristics, Locus of Control, Beliefs