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Lifelong learning in Europe: Equity and efficiency in the balance

Sheila Riddell and Jorg Markowitsch

Print publication date: 2012

Print ISBN-13: 9781447300137

Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2013

DOI: 10.1332/policypress/9781447300137.001.0001

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Formal adult education in the spotlight: profiles, motivations and experiences of participants in 12 European countries

Formal adult education in the spotlight: profiles, motivations and experiences of participants in 12 European countries

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(p.63) Four Formal adult education in the spotlight: profiles, motivations and experiences of participants in 12 European countries
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Lifelong learning in Europe
Author(s):
Ellen Boeren, Ides Nicaise, KU Leuven, Eve-Liis Roosmaa, Ellu Saar
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Policy Press
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447300137.003.0004

This chapter reports on a survey of adult learners participating in formal adult education. The survey collected data from 12,000 adult learners in the 11 European countries/regions involved in the LLL2010 project and Russia. A key finding is that while intrinsic reasons for participation are present in all countries/regions, the extrinsic reasons differ more across countries and tend to be more prevalent in Central and Eastern European countries.

Keywords:   Lifelong learning, Intrinsic motivation, Extrinsic motivation, Bounded agency

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