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Abstract

The Effect of Adult Learners' Life-long Education Experience and Self-directed Learning on Self-efficacy

Jeon, Eun-Soon

Department of Fisheries Education, The Graduate School Pukyong National University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate adult learners' life-long education experience, the difference between the adult learners' characteristics and the experience, and then explore the relationship between the adult learners' self-directed learning and their self-efficacy and how the experience and their self-directed learning had effect on their self-efficacy. To carry out the purpose of this study, the following research questions were examined: First, how different life-long experience do the adult learners have accong to ages, jobs, educational backgrounds, and salaries? Second, are there significant differences among ages, jobs, educational backgrounds, and salaries in the degree of adult learners' self-directed learning? Third, are there significant differences between life-long educational experience and adult learners' self-efficacy? Forth, are there significant effect on their self-efficacy of the experience and their self-directed learning? The subject of the present study consisted of 376 adult learners participated in the 7 different life-long educational institutes. The survey instruments used for this study were life-long educational experience survey, Self-directed Learning Scale, and Self-efficacy Scale. The reliability of coefficient(Cronbach's⍺) of Self-directed Learning Scale, and Self-efficacy Scale were .94 and .92. The statistical methods employed for data analysis were the descriptive statistics, Cross-tabulation, the correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis by SPSS win 14.0. The results of the study were as follows. Firstly, there were significant differences in the adult learner' life-long educational experience according to ages, jobs, educational backgrounds, and salaries. Secondly, there were no significant differences between life-long educational experience and self-directed learning. Also, there were significant differences between life-long educational experience and self-efficacy. Lastly, the explanatory power of predictive variables(life-long educational experience and self-directed learning) for the self-efficacy was approximately 43%. To increase the educational effect of life-long educational program, the right understanding of adult learners' self-directed learning and the other variables which are important in the learning process. In this study, adult learners in life-long education were assumed that self-directed leaning would be high, so life-long education experience and self-directed leaning, and the effect on the self-efficacy informed as important variable of learning were examined. Therefore, in further research what other variables would have important effect on adult learners' self-directed learning should need finding.

Key Words : Adult Learner, Life-long Education Experience, Self-directed Learning, Self-efficacy