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Direct linkBoeren, Ellen; Holford, John – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2016
To encourage adult participation in education and training, contemporary policy makers typically encourage education and training provision to have a strongly vocational (employment-related) character, while also stressing individuals' responsibility for developing their own learning. Adults' motivation to learn is not, however, purely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Vocational Education, Multivariate Analysis
Download full textBoeren, Ellen – Online Submission, 2011
In this paper, we control the intention theory of Fishbein and Ajzen (1980) for the participation in an adult education course. Based on the Flemish Eurostat Adult Education Survey, we reveal that participants in adult education have a more positive attitude towards learning and that within the group of non-participants, those who formulate an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Intention, Barriers, Educational Attitudes
Boeren, Ellen; Nicaise, Ides; Baert, Herman – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
This article explores satisfactory learning experiences of adult learners in Flemish formal adult education. Satisfaction is an important issue in motivational psychology. We used the Comprehensive Lifelong Learning Participation Model of Boeren, Nicaise and Baert and explored whether satisfactory experiences relate to characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Learning Experience
