Adults' Participation in Informal Learning Activities: Key Findings from the Adult Education Participation Survey in Taiwan

Autor/inn/en	Lai, Horng-Ji; Wu, Ming-Lieh; Li, Ai-Tzu
Titel	Adults' Participation in Informal Learning Activities: Key Findings from the Adult Education Participation Survey in Taiwan
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 51 (2011) 3, S.409-432 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Background; Participation; Learning Experience; Individual Characteristics; Demography; Income; Age Differences; Generational Differences; Workplace Learning; Lifelong Learning; Statistical Distributions; Data Analysis; Incidence; Statistical Surveys; Educational Opportunities; Adult Learning; Learning Activities; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Vorbildung; Teilnahme; Lernerfahrung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Demografie; Einkommen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung; Auswertung; Vorkommen; Statistische Erhebung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Adulte education; Lernaktivität
Abstract	This study investigated the informal learning experiences expressed by Taiwanese adults (aged from 16 to 97) and examined their involvement related to selected socio-demographic characteristics. Data of the 2008 Adult Education Participation Survey in Taiwan and Fujian Area were used to look at different variables of adults' demographic characteristics in relation to their informal learning participation. Results were based on the responses of 10,000 adults to the survey. The key findings indicated that the percentage of adults who had, or had not, participated differed by gender, age, educational background and annual income. Taiwanese adults' preferred method of workplace informal learning was interpersonal communications and sharing. Similarities and differences between this study and past international research are also discussed. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10