Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contributions of the students of Bartın University Graduate School of Educational Sciences, Life Long Learning, to the perspective of students' views. In the study,it was tried to determine the contribution of the students’ educational life to their private and educational life and their life perspective. In this study which was prepared in accordance with qualitative research methods, theopinions of 17 volunteers who participated in the study with graduated and non-thesis programs in Lifelong Learning Master were taken with semi-structured interview forms and analyzed by content analysis. As a result of the research it has been found that among the aims of the students’ in starting the master degree are personal development, being a role model for their child, occupational development and to arouse interest in learning. It has also seen that master degree develops students in academic field ,they are better than the others in terms of communication and presentation, they learn new terminologie sand methods, they are aware of business opportunities, and they can look their occupation with a different perspectieve. The survey shows that the majority of the students meet the expectations of the education they receive are among the results of the research.

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