Tough times for adult learners
Subtitle: the NIACE survey on adult participation in learning 2011
By: Fiona Aldridge and Alan Tuckett
Contributors: Tuckett, Alan; Local Government Association (England and Wales)
Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9781862015081; 9781862015074; 9781283370882; 9781862015104
Subjects: Adult education; History
Description: The key message of the annual NIACE Survey on Adult Participation for 2011 is that recession is bad for lifelong learning for anyone over the age of 25. The survey highlights the central importance of workplaces as sites of adult learning - and of the challenges posed to a learning society when opportunities to learn reduce. This survey continues the series documenting adult participation in learning in the UK. Using responses of around 5,000 adults in the UK, it offers key findings, breaking down participation, trends in participation and future intentions to learn by gender, socio-economic class, age, employment and the regions. It provides up-to-date data as well as a valuable means for comparison over time.
Notes: At foot of title: Local Government Association.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Technical notes; Participation in learning; Participation in learning in relation to gender; Participation in learning in relation to socioe-economic class; Participation in learning in relation to employment status; Participation in learning in relation to age; Participation in learning in relation to terminal age of education; Participation in learning in relation to ethnicity; Participation in learning in relation to Internet access.