Survey of Public Demand/Need for Postsecondary Continuing Education for Adults (Lifelong Learning Programs) in Western New York. Final Report.

Autor/in	Robison, Kathleen
Institution	New York State Education Dept., Albany.
Titel	Survey of Public Demand/Need for Postsecondary Continuing Education for Adults (Lifelong Learning Programs) in Western New York. Final Report.
Quelle	(1976), (162 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adults; Educational Needs; Individual Characteristics; Lifelong Learning; Regional Planning; Socioeconomic Influences; Student Educational Objectives; Surveys; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Regionalplanung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This report contains a survey assessing the needs of adults (in Western New York) for learning activities with the purpose of improving their educational opportunities. The report is divided into five units: (1) Introduction to the Project; (2) Regional Characteristics; (3) Research Methods; (4) Results of the Survey, which include such aspects as who is interested in participating in education, barriers to educational participation, reasons for participating in adult learning activities, topic preferences of adults, preferred learning conditions, financing adult learning programs, career retraining, and adult advisement; and (5) five appendixes, which give a description of the Survey Research Center, a definition of the ENAS (Erie Niagara Area Survey) substrata, sampling fraction and weighing formulas, a sample respondent selection key, and the needs survey questionnaire. A summary of recommendations is also included. (WL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC