Adult learners and entry to higher education
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Resumo: | In this paper preliminary findings are presented from exploratory studies in Portugal, Greece and England, within the context of widening participation in higher education. The focus of the enquiry is to investigate the personal and professional identities of adult learners entering or re-entering higher education, to highlight their characteristics and learning needs and identify key factors affecting their entry and progress in education related and other courses. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented and discussed on mature students' prior experience, motivation and application process in two university departments of education and one college of education of a polytechnic institution. Mature women students predominated in all three institutions. All the adult learners were highly motivated to enter or return to higher education and had considerable prior experience, especially in the areas chosen to study. However, the very different application procedures in the three countries, including quotas for mature student entry in Portugal and Greece, led to differing opportunities for adult learners. The writers conclude that considerable progress still needs to be made to improve access for mature entrants to higher education. |
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Adult learners and entry to higher educationmotivation, prior experience and entry requirementsAdult learningHigher educationMotivationPrior experienceIn this paper preliminary findings are presented from exploratory studies in Portugal, Greece and England, within the context of widening participation in higher education. The focus of the enquiry is to investigate the personal and professional identities of adult learners entering or re-entering higher education, to highlight their characteristics and learning needs and identify key factors affecting their entry and progress in education related and other courses. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented and discussed on mature students' prior experience, motivation and application process in two university departments of education and one college of education of a polytechnic institution. Mature women students predominated in all three institutions. All the adult learners were highly motivated to enter or return to higher education and had considerable prior experience, especially in the areas chosen to study. However, the very different application procedures in the three countries, including quotas for mature student entry in Portugal and Greece, led to differing opportunities for adult learners. The writers conclude that considerable progress still needs to be made to improve access for mature entrants to higher education.Unidade de Investigação Educação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de lisboaRepositório ComumGriffiths, VivienneKaldi, StavroulaOliveira Pires, Ana Luisa2017-01-05T14:36:12Z20092009-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/17306eng1645-1775info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-21T09:52:36Zoai:comum.rcaap.pt:10400.26/17306Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T23:08:30.707788Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Adult learners and entry to higher education motivation, prior experience and entry requirements |
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Adult learners and entry to higher education |
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Adult learners and entry to higher education |
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Adult learners and entry to higher education |
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Adult learners and entry to higher education |
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Adult learners and entry to higher education |
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Adult learners and entry to higher education |
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Griffiths, Vivienne |
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Griffiths, Vivienne Kaldi, Stavroula Oliveira Pires, Ana Luisa |
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Kaldi, Stavroula Oliveira Pires, Ana Luisa |
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Griffiths, Vivienne Kaldi, Stavroula Oliveira Pires, Ana Luisa |
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Adult learning Higher education Motivation Prior experience |
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Adult learning Higher education Motivation Prior experience |
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In this paper preliminary findings are presented from exploratory studies in Portugal, Greece and England, within the context of widening participation in higher education. The focus of the enquiry is to investigate the personal and professional identities of adult learners entering or re-entering higher education, to highlight their characteristics and learning needs and identify key factors affecting their entry and progress in education related and other courses. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented and discussed on mature students' prior experience, motivation and application process in two university departments of education and one college of education of a polytechnic institution. Mature women students predominated in all three institutions. All the adult learners were highly motivated to enter or return to higher education and had considerable prior experience, especially in the areas chosen to study. However, the very different application procedures in the three countries, including quotas for mature student entry in Portugal and Greece, led to differing opportunities for adult learners. The writers conclude that considerable progress still needs to be made to improve access for mature entrants to higher education. |
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