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Understanding Self-Determination Learning Experiences among Taiwanese Adults with Severe Disabilities
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Yi-Fan Li; Chih-Tsen Liu; Yingying Zhao – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Self-determination has been a primary focus of efforts to enhance quality of life for individuals with disabilities. Learning self-determination enables individuals to assume greater responsibility and control in their lives. The primary causal agency perspective on self-determination highlights the importance of learning self-determination for…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Learning Experience, Adult Learning, Severe Disabilities
Policy-Driven for Lifelong Learning and Its Effects: Experiences of Working Adults in Taiwan
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Chang, Dian-Fu; Lin, Sung-Po – Online Submission, 2012
Since the government enacted the "Lifelong Learning Act" in 2002, Taiwanese working adults consider lifelong learning as a better route to increase their employability or competitiveness at work. This study analyzed the survey on adults administered by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan in 2008, and statistics analysis showed a close…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Adult Education
"Mommy Wants to Learn the Computer": How Middle-Aged and Elderly Women in Taiwan Learn ICT through Social Support
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Lin, Cecilia I. C.; Tang, Wen-hui; Kuo, Feng-Yang – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
The group of middle-aged and elderly women represents the lowest usage rate of information and communication technology (ICT) in Taiwan. This article reports how a social intervention program, the Taiwan Women Up (TWU) program, has helped such group to successfully learn ICT skills with the support of members of nonprofit organizations. The study…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Intervention, Females, Research Methodology
A Case Study of Low-Status Women's Attitudes towards Computers
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Shieh, Ruey S.; Chang, Sung-Lu; Liu, Eric Zhi-Feng – Educational Studies, 2011
This study investigates the attitudes of a group of low-status women towards computers through a deliberately designed computer training programme. Four aspects of the women's attitudes were examined, including computer anxiety, confidence, liking and usefulness. Data sources consist of pre- and post-surveys and interviews with the participants.…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Attitudes, Womens Studies, Socioeconomic Status
Adults' Participation in Informal Learning Activities: Key Findings from the Adult Education Participation Survey in Taiwan
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Lai, Horng-Ji; Wu, Ming-Lieh; Li, Ai-Tzu – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Background
Discussing Teaching Videocases Online: Perspectives of Preservice and Inservice EFL Teachers in Taiwan
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Liu, Mei-hui – Computers & Education, 2012
This study investigated the application of an online videocase discussion community into fostering preservice and inservice EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers' professional development in Taiwan. This investigation further revealed the nature and development of discussion discourse and the participating teachers' perceptions of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers