Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2021

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Emily; Hall, Sophie; Evans, Stephen
Institution	Learning and Work Institute (United Kingdom)
Titel	Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2021
Quelle	(2021), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Participation; Surveys; Social Differences; Age Differences; Motivation; Electronic Learning; Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Career Change; Professional Development; Basic Skills; Lifelong Learning; Intention; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Teilnahme; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Sozialer Unterschied; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Ausland; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Großbritannien
Abstract	It is 25 years since the first adult participation in learning survey, and this one is published during Learning and Work Institute's centenary year. This year's survey shows that 44% of adults have taken part in learning in the last three years. That's an increase on the record lows found in 2019 and marks the first rise in participation since 2015. However, the data also shows stark inequalities in who participates in learning: (1) Adults in lower socio-economic groups (DE) are twice as likely to not have participated in learning since leaving full-time education than those in higher socio-economic groups (AB); (2) Respondents who stayed in education until at least the age of 21 are twice as likely to be learning than those who left aged 16 or under (56% versus 28%); (3) The majority (55%) of full-time workers are taking part in learning, compared to 45% of unemployed adults seeking work. Learning and Work Institute has been undertaking the Adult Participation in Learning Survey on an almost annual basis for 25 years. The survey provides a unique overview of the level of participation in learning by adults, with a detailed breakdown of who participates and who does not. The survey deliberately adopts a broad definition of learning, including a wide range of formal, non-formal and informal learning, far beyond the limits of publicly offered educational opportunities for adults. Each year, a representative sample of approximately 5,000 adults aged 17 and over across the UK are provided with the following definition of learning and asked when they last took part, as well as how likely they are to take part in learning during the next three years. [For "Learning through Lockdown: Findings from the 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey" see ED611898.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01