Open AccessPositions and Preferences: Faculty Goes for Lifelong Learning, a View from Turkey
Author(s) -
Halil İbrahim Haseski,
H. Ferhan Odabaşı
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-6052
pISSN - 1927-6044
DOI - 10.5430/ijhe.v6n6p19
Subject(s) - lifelong learning , psychology , medical education , affect (linguistics) , survey research , pedagogy , mathematics education , medicine , applied psychology , communication
The purpose of this study is to investigate academicians’ lifelong learning positions and preferences. The research was designed as survey research. The participants consisted of 230 academicians from Faculty of Education of Anadolu University in Turkey. Data was collected using a survey form which had items about the factors that affect lifelong learning process of academicians. It was found that lifelong learning survey scores of participants vary according to their departments, branches, ages, seniorities, genders and academic titles. It was also found that academicians of education faculty mainly participate in scientific and teaching activities in lifelong learning.