Abstract:

With this research, the lifelong learning tendencies of the trainees attending the course at the Public Education Centers in Ordu province were examined in the context of various demographic characteristics of the trainees. The Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale developed by Diker Coşkun (2009) was used to collect the data of the research. The study group of the study consisted of 212 trainees who attended various courses at Public Education Centers throughout Ordu province and were determined by an easily accessible sampling method. The results obtained in the research are as follows: It was concluded that the trainees' perceptions of lifelong learning tendency are high. The perceptions of the lifelong learning tendency of the trainees do not differ according to their gender. Trainees' perceptions of lifelong learning tendency do not differ according to their age, but those who are 48 years old and older have higher perceptions of the deprivation dimension in regulating learning than trainees between the ages of 18 and 27 Dec. The perceptions of lifelong learning tendency of trainees do not differ according to their marital status, but the perceptions of married trainees in the motivation, persistence and curiosity deprivation sub-dimensions are higher than those of single trainees. The perceptions of the lifelong learning tendency of the trainees do not differ according to their education level. The perceptions of the lifelong learning tendency of the trainees do not differ according to their working situations.

 

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