Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The aim of this research is to analyze Korean Vocational Secondary School Students’ metacognition, attitude toward lifelong learning, and motivation factor to lifelong learning, and investigate whether these had an effect on their lifelong learning. This research analyzed after-school deeply as one of lifelong learning activities. I conduct frequency analysis, latent class analysis, and multiple regression analysis as methodology. The results were following: a) 75% of respondents have ever experienced the after-school learning; b) only 23% of the surveyed considered after-school learning is needed; c) the critical obstacles to after- school learning were deficiency of time(32.5%) and finance obstacle(28.2%); d) four underlying types of motivation to after-school learning were identified, namely, Class І(job Search), Class ІІ(leisure centered job skill), Class ІІІ(civic competency), and Class ІV(lack of motivation); e) Based on multiple regression analysis, as a predictor of effect on lifelong learning, variables including experience of after -school learning were significant.
Authors: Choi Jaewoo, Kang Woonsun
Institutions: Kyungpook National University, Daegu University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Kyungpook National University
OpenAlex ID: W1975088822