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Motivational Factors and Predictors for Attending a Continuing Education Program for Older Adults
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Cachioni, Meire; Nascimento Ordonez, Tiago; Lima da Silva, Thais Bento; Tavares Batistoni, Samila Sathler; Sanches Yassuda, Mônica; Caldeira Melo, Ruth; Rodrigues da Costa Domingues, Marisa Accioly; Lopes, Andrea – Educational Gerontology, 2014
The objectives were to describe the stated motives of participants who enrolled in a program at the Open University for the Elderly (UnATI, in Portuguese), identify correlations between the stated motives and sociodemographic data, and find a set of predictors related to the listed motives. A total of 306 middle-aged and elderly adults aged 50 or…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Continuing Education, Student Motivation, Open Universities
The Perception of Adult Learners Concerning Their Satisfaction of Their Educational Experiences in a Midwestern Community College
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McCallum, Constance L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In the United States, over 90 million adult students, aged 25 years or older, are engaging in post-secondary studies (Stokes, 2006). Adult learners are the fastest growing segment in higher education and this trend is expected to continue into the future (Benshoff & Lewis, 1992). This expanding influx of adult learners into colleges and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Educational Experience, Student Attitudes
Burnout Syndrome in Students of a Distance Learning Program: The Open University of Cyprus Experience
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Pavlakis, Andreas; Kaitelidou, Dafni – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012
Introduction: Distance learning seems to have a crucial impact on the social and emotional life of students. Within the framework of distance learning at the Open University of Cyprus, the "Healthcare Management" department conducted a study regarding the levels of stress, anxiety and depression reported by the student population. The…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
Work-School Conflict and Coping Strategies: Perceptions of Taiwanese Non-Traditional Students in Technological and Vocational Colleges
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Chen, Ching-Yi; Fischer, Jerome; Biller, Ernie – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was designed to measure non-traditional students' perceptions of role conflicts between work and school and subsequent coping strategies, and to determine factors relevant to both role conflicts and coping. A survey was developed and implemented to investigate the continuing education issues. Results were based on 485…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Nontraditional Students, Student Attitudes