Anticipated Benefits from Learning. Preliminary Report, 1980.

Autor/inn/en	Tough, Allen; und weitere
Titel	Anticipated Benefits from Learning. Preliminary Report, 1980.
Quelle	(1980), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Learning; Attitude Measures; Data Collection; Educational Benefits; Informal Education; Learning Motivation; Lifelong Learning; Postsecondary Education; Questionnaires; Research Methodology; Student Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Data capture; Datensammlung; Bildungsertrag; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Fragebogen; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	What anticipated benefits motivate adults to continue a major learning effort? This study empirically tested a conceptual framework that emphasizes chains of linked benefits from learning. A diagram of this framework was given to 100 adults in Toronto. They were asked to imagine that their total motivation for one of their learning projects was 10 units, and then to allocate those 10 motivational units to the appropriate locations on the diagram. Pleasing others was not as strong a motivation as enhancing pleasure and self-esteem. Benefits from using the knowledge and skill were more important than direct benefits from the learning activities themselves, or benefits from simply possessing (but not using) the knowledge and skill. Using the conceptual framework as a tool for collecting data on motivation is suggested for further research. (Author/KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01