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Direct linkJenkins, Andrew – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This paper reports the findings of research on relationships between depression and participation in learning using data from a large sample of older adults. The objective was to establish whether learning can reduce the risk of depression. Data were obtained from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a nationally-representative sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology)
Macleod, Flora; Lambe, Paul – Research Papers in Education, 2008
In this paper we analyse the dynamics of adult participation in part-time education and training throughout the 90s and into the 2000s using data from 14 waves (1992-2005) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). We study the volume (stocks) of participation and non-participation and the gross flows between states. This analysis provides a…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Part Time Students, Foreign Countries, Surveys
Boulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Buys, Laurie; Lovie-Kitchin, Jan; Barnett, Karen; David, L. Nikki – Educational Gerontology, 2007
Learning is an important aspect of active ageing, yet older people are not often included in discussions of the issue. Older people vary in their need, desire, and ability to learn, and this is evident in the context of technology. The focus of the data analysis for this paper was on determining the place of learning and technology in active…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Computers, Adults
Download full textKegan, Robert; Broderick, Maria; Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Helsing, Deborah; Popp, Nancy; Portnow, Kathryn – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
How do ABE/ESOL (Adult Basic Education/English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs shape adult learners, and how do adult learners, in turn, shape their programs? Beyond the acquisition of important skills (such as greater fluency in the English language) what are the bigger internal meanings for adults of participating in ABE/ESOL…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
