Learning through Lockdown: Findings from the 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey

Autor/inn/en	Aldridge, Fiona; Jones, Emily; Southgate, David
Institution	Learning and Work Institute (United Kingdom)
Titel	Learning through Lockdown: Findings from the 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey
Quelle	(2020), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Adult Education; Adult Students; Student Surveys; Student Motivation; Barriers; Learner Engagement; Student Participation; Electronic Learning; Distance Education; Foreign Countries; Differences; Regional Characteristics; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerbefragung; Schulische Motivation; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ausland; Unterscheiden; Regionaler Faktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Großbritannien
Abstract	The Learning and Work Institute has been undertaking the Adult Participation in Learning Survey on an almost annual basis for over 20 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. The 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey explores people's experiences of learning since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown introduced on 23 March 2020. This includes why people chose to learn through lockdown, how they learnt, the barriers they experienced, and their intentions to continue learning in the future. The survey found that there had been high levels of participation in learning during lockdown. Over two in five (43%) -- 22 million people across the UK -- had taken part in some form of 'lockdown learning'. However, participation varied enormously across different groups, with those who could most benefit being least likely to take part; (1) Just one in five (20%) adults who left school at the first opportunity took part in lockdown learning, compared to three in five (57%) adults who stayed in education until 21; (2) Adults in lower socio economic groups (29%) were half as likely to take part in lockdown learning compared to adults in higher socio economic groups (57%); and (3) Just one in three (34%) adults who were out of work took part in lockdown learning, compared to over half (52%) of those who were in employment. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01