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Kuo, Yen-Ku; Wang, Jiun-Hao; Kuo, Tsung-Hsien; Ho, Li-An – SAGE Open, 2021
Many adults choose community college courses for continued learning to enrich themselves and satisfy their leisure needs, despite having completed formal education. We explored the relationship between learning motivation, learning satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, and learning performance among community college students attending classes in…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Community Colleges, Student Satisfaction, Learning Motivation
Ko, Pei-Chun – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Lifelong learning is regarded as an important channel in promoting active engagement in later life for aging societies. While most studies depict older learners as a group resilient to engaging in lifelong learning, few have addressed the impacts of their social networks on their participation. Drawing on the nationwide lifelong learning program…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
Anthonysamy, Lilian; Koo, Ah Choo; Hew, Soon Hin – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This paper aims to examine how self-regulated learning strategies (SRLS) can foster the enhancement of digital literacy in digital learning to increase efficiencies in human capital for sustainable development in lifelong learning. Digital disruption in the education sector is unavoidable. The results of this study will be useful for educators and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Human Capital
Culver, K. C.; Braxton, John; Pascarella, Ernie – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
While previous research has examined outcomes related to academic rigor, mixed findings have resulted from differing conceptualizations of rigor as well as varying methodological approaches. Defining rigor as those in-class practices and assignments that require students to engage in deep learning and demonstrate cognitive complexity, we use…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Lifelong Learning, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Kim, Tae-Young; Kim, Yoon-Kyoung – Educational Gerontology, 2015
This study explores motivational and demotivational factors in English learning among elderly learners attending a lifelong education institute located in Seoul, South Korea. A total of 420 elderly learners with limited English learning experience responded to a questionnaire with 47 five-point Likert-type items. In order to investigate what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Mutlu, Aynur Kesen; Dollar, Yesim Kesli – Online Submission, 2018
The debate over the qualifications that a teacher should have has long been going on and the discussions among scholars have gone far beyond academic skills of teachers as a result of emerging concepts, one of which is the social skills. In the field of English language teaching, these skills seem crucial as the learning environment additionally…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Mentors
Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina; de Vilhena, Daniela Vono; Blossfeld, Hans-Peter – International Review of Education, 2015
Adult learning is an increasingly important form of education in globalised and aging societies. While current policy recommendations tend to focus on increasing participation rates, the authors of this article argue that higher participation rates do not necessarily lead to lower social/educational inequalities in participation. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Social Differences, Learning Activities, Correlation
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
Acat, M. Bahaddin; Dereli, Esra – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify problems and motivation sources and strategies of decision-making of the students' attending preschool education teacher department, was to determine the relationship between learning motivation and strategies of decision-making, academic achievement of students, was to determine whether strategies of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, Incentives, Lifelong Learning
Omrani, Soghra; Fardanesh, Hashem; Hemmati, Nima; Hemmati, Naser – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Instruction, even when designed and based on sound instructional principles, oftentimes does not stimulate learners' motivation to learn. The result may be that learners may not be motivated to pursue lifelong learning and use the knowledge and skills learned to deliver patient care. The purpose of this study was to identify an appropriate…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Lifelong Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design
Ho, Esther Sui-Chu – Education Journal, 2004
Education aims to enable students not only to acquire knowledge but also to become capable and enthusiastic lifelong learners. Prior research has found that learning is more likely to be effective where a student plays a proactive role in the learning process. Such a proactive process, including learning on students' own initiative and strategies,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Lifelong Learning, Learning Motivation
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers