Study On Adult Learning Motivation

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 11 - 28, 26.06.2019

Vali Ilie

https://doi.org/10.19148/ijhbs.543980

Abstract

There are several
theories and models that explain adult learning. In adulthood, people are
self-directed, they resort to experiential and transformative learning.
Influenced by a number of bio-psycho-socio-cultural aspects, adult learning is
based on strong motivation. In recent decades, there have been explored various
reasons that stimulate people to engage in continuous learning or training
activities. People have different purposes and interests, to which they give a
less or greater importance. Some people are strongly motivated to have
professional success, others are more interested in positive social contacts
(the need for affiliation) or in interpersonal power (the need for power).
Starting from these considerations, we developed a study on adult motivation.
The adults included in the sample are trainees of the University of Craiova,
enrolled in the psycho-pedagogic module, postgraduate. The proposed goal is to
identify the reasons that are the basis of lifelong learning. We have assumed
that there is a wide range of reasons that determine adults to learn, and that
it is necessary to know them exactly when designing and unfolding the
educational programs they are involved in. The research instrument we have used
is the questionnaire and the results obtained from its application are the
starting point in the discussions and conclusions of this study.

Keywords

education, andragogy

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