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Autor/inn/en | Roosmaa, Eve-Liis; Saar, Ellu |
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Titel | Adults Who Do Not Want to Participate in Learning: A Cross-National European Analysis of Their Perceived Barriers |
Quelle | In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 36 (2017) 3, S.254-277 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0260-1370 |
DOI | 10.1080/02601370.2016.1246485 |
Schlagwörter | Barriers; Cross Cultural Studies; Adult Education; Participation; Educational Policy; Lifelong Learning; Learning Activities; Classification; Welfare Services; Social Systems; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Individual Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Attitudes; Foreign Countries; National Surveys; Regression (Statistics); Europe Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Teilnahme; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Lernaktivität; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Social system; Soziales System; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Ausland; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Europa |
Abstract | This article explores cross-national differences in the intensity of perceived barriers to adult learning in Europe focusing on the barriers recognised by those not participating and having no intention to do so. This relatively large subgroup has received scant scholarly attention, yet exploring their participation barriers is critical for policies aimed at encouraging learning activity. The authors propose a country typology of adult learning based on earlier typologies of welfare state regimes, varieties of capitalism and models of lifelong learning. Multilevel analysis of 19 European countries reveals individual and contextual effects on barriers to adult learning. The results indicate substantial country differences in all types of barriers perceived. In general, in the Nordic countries adults not participating and not intending to participate in learning are the least impeded. For this group of adults, institutional barriers are perceived most often in the Baltic countries, situational barriers occur most frequently in liberal and continental countries, whereas dispositional barriers are most frequent in all post-socialist countries as well as in Southern Europe. This confirms the significance of including structural and institutional factors in addition to individual characteristics in explaining barriers to adult learning. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |