Studying the Adult Learner in a Formal Educational Context.

Autor/in	Courtney, Sean
Institution	New Univ. of Ulster, Londonderry (Northern Ireland). Inst. of Continuing Education.
Titel	Studying the Adult Learner in a Formal Educational Context.
Quelle	, (23 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Aspiration; Adult Education; Adult Students; Educational Research; Full Time Students; Learning Motivation; Postsecondary Education; Student Attitudes; Student Educational Objectives; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Vollzeitstudium; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	To examine what motivates mature people to begin a full-time educational program, a study was made of students at the Institute of Continuing Education (Londonderry, Northern Ireland), which runs a one-year, full-time, academically intense program in liberal studies for mature students with or without formal educational qualifications. The study was conducted along the lines of a 1950s study by J. Blumler of students at Ruskin College (Oxford, England) and had similar findings. Interviews of twenty students were conducted, from which a questionnaire was developed which was administered to forty-one students. The Londonderry study detected three relatively independent components among the many reasons cited for application to the program: (1) a vocational or instrumental component, expressed as a desire for a formal qualification and university entrance; (2) a social relevence component, expressed as a desire for a job which is both satisfying and serves others; and (3) an intellectual/cultural component, expressed as a desire to complete education, to do some serious study, and to regain or build self-confidence. (Tables of data, notes, and references are included.) (LMS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01