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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
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2022
Demographic trends and technological change increase the need for adults to learn and adapt to changing job content and working conditions. Despite this, most EU Member States have consistently underperformed in their efforts to reach targets for adult participation in lifelong learning. In 2010, the EU set a target of 15% of adults participating…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Educational Trends
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Hachem, Hany; Manninen, Jyri – Educational Gerontology, 2020
The humanist and critical principles of educational gerontology attribute different goals to education in later life. Self-Actualization is the goal of humanist educational gerontology, while empowerment, emancipation, and social change are the goals of critical educational gerontology. Liberal arts education is dominant in later-life learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Educational Principles, Liberal Arts, Adult Learning
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Tikkanen, Tarja; Nissinen, Kari – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore participation in job-related lifelong learning (LLL) among well-educated mature workers and compare it across four Nordic countries. Although this group generally is very active in LLL, the centrality of knowledge work in society, rapid pace of skills-renewal and rising learning demands for all…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Well Being, Workplace Learning, Human Capital
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Botha, Jo-Anne; Coetzee, Mariette – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This study investigated the relationship between self-directedness (as measured by the Adult Learner Self-Directedness Scale) and biographical factors such as age, race, and gender of adult learners enrolled at a South African open distance learning (ODL) higher education institution. Correlational and inferential statistical analyses were used. A…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Open Universities
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Blanden, Jo; Buscha, Franz; Sturgis, Patrick; Urwin, Peter – Economics of Education Review, 2012
This paper examines the earnings returns to learning that takes place following the conventional "school-to-work" stage of the life-course. We operationalise such "lifelong learning" as the attainment of certified qualifications in adulthood, following the completion of the first period of continuous full-time education. Using…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Educational Attainment, Outcomes of Education
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McLean, Scott; Vermeylen, Laurie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
Through presenting empirical research exploring the connections between popular culture and informal learning, we argue that, as predicted by concepts such as self-directed learning and transformational learning, the experience of transition has a meaningful impact on adult learning. Specifically, transitions encourage adults to engage in learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Interviews, Qualitative Research
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
In the introduction to this report, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Director, Arne Carlsen, announces that UIL is presenting a new design and a new concept, aiming to make the report more reader-friendly. The main activities are highlighted, testimonies from beneficiaries and actors are included, and the report opens with a…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Governing Boards, Adult Learning, Adult Education
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Chang, Dian-Fu; Wu, Ming-Lieh; Lin, Sung-Po – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
This study examines the nature of adult engagement in lifelong learning in Taiwan. Previous studies have shown that gender and socioeconomic status (SES) are key variables related to equal access to education. Are these variables related to adults' engagement in lifelong learning in a specific country? This study analysed data from a survey of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Adult Students
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Elufiede, Kemi, Ed.; Olson, Joann S., Ed.; Murray-Johnson, Kayon, Ed. – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2018
The 42st annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held at the University of Central Florida in March 2018 and explored the theme, "Quality of Life in Adult Learning." The purpose of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) is to help institutions of higher education develop and sustain learning…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Best Practices
Chang, Dian-Fu; Lin, Sung-Po – Online Submission, 2012
Since the government enacted the "Lifelong Learning Act" in 2002, Taiwanese working adults consider lifelong learning as a better route to increase their employability or competitiveness at work. This study analyzed the survey on adults administered by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan in 2008, and statistics analysis showed a close…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Adult Education
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White, Patrick – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
This article presents multivariate analyses of the characteristics associated with both participation in adult education and the intention to participate in future learning. It uses questionnaire data from more than 47,000 individuals collected by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) over the course of nine annual surveys…
Descriptors: Prediction, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Aldridge, Fiona; Tuckett, Alan – Adults Learning, 2010
NIACE's 2010 representative sample survey of adult participation in learning in the UK shows something of a sea change in adults' engagement in learning. After years in which the numbers reporting participation in learning fell overall, and the gulf between the learning rich and the learning poor widened dramatically, there has been a major…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning
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Boeren, Ellen – Studies in Continuing Education, 2011
At first sight, participation rates in adult learning do not differ strongly between men and women. Further exploration, however, makes clear that differences exist at the level of the type of learning. Men participate more in work-related learning and experience more job-related motives to participate. Women take on the main responsibilities in…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Gender Differences, Informal Education, Nonformal Education
Hutto, Sarah Tullos – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of learning style characteristics to self-directed learning propensity among adult learners. The learning style characteristics investigated were learning style balance as measured by a scoring method developed by Mainemelis, Boyatzis, and Kolb (2002) and learning style dimensions as…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Cognitive Style, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
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