Adult Learners as Graduate Students: Underlying Motivation in Completing Graduate Programs

Autor/in	Hegarty, Niall
Titel	Adult Learners as Graduate Students: Underlying Motivation in Completing Graduate Programs
Quelle	In: Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 59 (2011) 3, S.146-151 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0737-7363
DOI	10.1080/07377363.2011.614883
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Human Capital; Motivation; Adult Learning; Motivation Techniques; Student Motivation; Achievement Need; Goal Orientation; Student Educational Objectives; Aptitude Treatment Interaction; Measurement Techniques; Educational Practices; Instructional Development; Academic Persistence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Humankapital; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Motivationsförderung; Schulische Motivation; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Messtechnik; Bildungspraxis; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	The majority of graduate part-time programs are fueled by adult learners seeking to enhance their human capital and advance professional careers. In contrast, degree-granting programs seek to impart knowledge and advance learning in a particular discipline. At this intersection lies the individual student's motivation to satisfy their personal goals while also satisfying a college's knowledge requirement in a specific area. The primary focus of this article is to highlight the absence of research and measurement of this student population. Student motivation is examined and motivation characteristics are identified that assist the adult learner complete graduate school education. The article also serves as a guide to program developers in understanding this student body. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10