Systemic obstacles to lifelong learning: the influence of the educational system design on learning attitudes

Comparative research has often emphasized the importance of external barriers (e.g. enrolment costs) to explain inequalities in lifelong learning participation. However, individuals, in particular the low educated, are often not only prevented from participation by external barriers, but also by negative psychological dispositions about learning. In this article, [the authors] study how dispositions about learning as measured in PIAAC (2012) vary between countries. In particular, [the authors] assess how these cross-country differences are related to a number of design characteristics of the i... Show more

Authors: Lavrijsen, Jeroen; Nicaise, Ides

Published: Abingdon, England, Taylor and Francis, 2017

Resource type: Article

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