MOTIVATION AND BARRIERS OF UNEPLOYED PEOPLE REGARDING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMS: A CASE STUDY IN A PREFECTURE OF GREECE

Autores/as

  • Konstantinos Panagiotis Kostopoulos Hellenic Open University, Greece
  • Thanassis Karalis Laboratory of Pedagogical Research and Lifelong Education, Department of Educational Science and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejae.v6i1.3568

Palabras clave:

participation, motivation, barriers, unemployed, Greece

Resumo

This article presents the results of a survey on the motivation and barriers of unemployed people regarding their participation in lifelong learning programs in a prefecture of Greece. As for the methodology followed, we selected the quantitative research, which was based on the collection of quantitative research data from 109 unemployed persons using a structured questionnaire during November and December 2019. The questionnaire used in this study was based on the PRB Questionnaire, which was slightly adjusted to fit the unemployed population. Specifically, most of the unemployed (62.4%) who participated in this survey stated that they did not participate in any seminar, training program or educational activity related to their profession. Even lower participation rates are found in general adult education programs, with only 22% saying they have attended some educational activity. Regarding the motivation of unemployed people to participate in a vocational training program, the research participants stated that finding a job was the most important motivation. They then set priorities to be more efficient in their jobs, to increase their financial returns and to maintain their future jobs. With regard to the barriers for unemployed people to participate in a vocational training program, the most important obstacle in all questions is the cost of participation. Next in the hierarchy are the lack of information, the difficulty of moving, the lack of time due to work obligations, the lack of time for occupations and the lack of time due to family obligations.

Biografías do autor/a

  • Konstantinos Panagiotis Kostopoulos, Hellenic Open University, Greece
    Thanassis Karalis is Professor of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in the Department of Educational Science and Early Childhood Education at the University of Patras. He is Director of the Laboratory of Pedagogical Research and Lifelong Education, member of the Quality Assurance Unit, coordinator of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Patras. For the last thirty years he has been working in the area of planning and evaluation of adult education and non-formal education programs, including more than twenty years in distance education and e-learning.
  • Thanassis Karalis, Laboratory of Pedagogical Research and Lifelong Education, Department of Educational Science and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Greece
    Konstantinos Panagiotis Kostopoulos is Career Counselor and Adult Educator. He has collaborated with many educational institutions and career counseling carriers as trainer, counselor and scientific coordinator.

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2021-02-06

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Vol. 6 Núm. 1 (2021)

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