Impact of COVID-19 on Participation and Barriers in Nonformal Adult Education in the Czech Republic

Autor/inn/en	Kalenda, Jan; Kocvarováa, Ilona; Boeren, Ellen
Titel	Impact of COVID-19 on Participation and Barriers in Nonformal Adult Education in the Czech Republic
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 58 (2023) 4, S.681-698 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/ejed.12580
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Student Participation; Barriers; Nonformal Education; Adult Education; Adult Students; Foreign Countries; Adult Learning; Lifelong Learning; Educational Trends; Equal Education; Czech Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Adulte education; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Bildungsentwicklung; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on nonformal adult education has become a frequently discussed issue in lifelong learning. Nonformal adult education is understood here as all organised adult learning outside formal education that usually does not result in official certification. Many scholars have considered the pandemic as the leading cause of both decreased participation in nonformal adult education and increased inequality among adults. Nevertheless, it has not yet been empirically established how profound this outcome has been for participation patterns, inequality and perceived barriers to involvement in nonformal adult education. Accordingly, this study explored how much the pandemic contributed to a decrease in overall participation, changes in participation patterns, as well as contributed to an increase in related inequalities in the Czech Republic. This article reports on results from a national representative survey in June 2020 (N = 1013) conducted between the first and second wave of the pandemic. Trends in participation in nonformal adult education along with barriers were mapped for the 12 months preceding the survey. To establish trends, we compared our results with data from the Adult Education Survey conducted in 2011 and 2016, respectively. Our analytical approach is primarily based on descriptive statistics and modelling factors influencing the involvement of adults in nonformal adult education. We found that overall participation in nonformal adult education decreased from June 2019 to June 2020 to its lowest recorded level. Furthermore, the results indicate that inequality based on educational attainment, as well as the perception of substantial institutional and situational barriers have significantly increased. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01