Nonparticipation in Adult Education: From Self-Perceptions to Alternative Explanations

Autor/inn/en	Porras-Hernandez, Laura Helena; Salinas-Amescua, Bertha
Titel	Nonparticipation in Adult Education: From Self-Perceptions to Alternative Explanations
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 62 (2012) 4, S.311-331 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713611406980
Schlagwörter	Females; Self Efficacy; Adult Basic Education; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Remedial Instruction; Participation; Barriers; Interviews; Measures (Individuals); Predictor Variables; Mixed Methods Research; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Sociocultural Patterns; Questionnaires; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Förderkurs; Teilnahme; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Messdaten; Prädiktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Fragebogen; Mexiko
Abstract	In this article, the authors propose that dispositional factors do not sufficiently explain nonparticipation in adult education programs. Many nations report low participation rates, but empirical studies have usually been conducted with enrolled adults. This study, however, included 279 poorly educated mestizas and Native women in two regions of Mexico who were not participating in institutional programs; a mixed quantitative-qualitative methodology was used. The study focused on self-perceptions and beliefs, assuming that values for these variables would be low acting as dispositional barriers to participation; however, this hypothesis was not confirmed. On the contrary, high levels of self-concept, self-efficacy, and a belief that women are intelligent demonstrated that these women have a very positive self-image. Discussion points to sociocultural categories as an alternative explanation to why rural women harbor positive self-perceptions and why remedial basic adult education is not relevant to their social sphere. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10