The motivation of retirees to attend the adult education courses

V magistrski nalogi smo se ukvarjali z motiviranostjo upokojencev za vključitev v izobraževanje. Zanimalo nas je, ali je odraslim osebam poznan izraz \u27\u27univerza za tretje življenjsko obdobje\u27\u27. V nadaljevanju smo ugotavljali, katerih programov se upokojenci udeležujejo, kakšno mnenje imajo glede izobraževanje in kakšni so njihovi motivi, da srečanja oziroma predavanja sploh obiskujejo. V empiričnem delu nas je zanimala vključenost upokojencev v univerze in njihovi motivi ter cilji za sodelovanje na le-teh. Namen raziskave, ki smo jo opravili na treh univerzah za tretje življenjsko obdobje, je bil ugotoviti zgoraj navedene trditve. Raziskava je zajemala 130 anketirancev. S pomočjo 2-preizkusa smo iskali razlike glede na spol, starost ter status. Ugotovili smo, da nobena od treh spremenljivk ne vpliva na motive, ki jih imajo udeleženci za vključevanje v izobraževanje. Osrednji motiv, zaradi katerega se upokojenci vključujejo v izobraževanje, je želja po nečem novem, prav tako želijo pridobiti novo znanje in le-tega izkoristiti.The master\u27s thesis deals with the motivation of retirees to participate in education. The scope was to find out whether adults are familiar with the term "The University of the Third Age", which programmes the retirees are attending, what opinions they have regarding education, and what their motives for attending meetings or lectures are at all. In the empirical part, the involvement of retirees in universities, their motives and the goals for participating in them were explored. The purpose of the study, which was carried out at three Universities of the Third Age was to establish the claims above. The survey covered 130 respondents. Using the chi-squared test (2) the differences in gender, age and status were looked for. The survey showed that none of the three variables affect the motives of participants to participate in education. The main motive for retired people to participate in education is the desire for something new, and their wish to acquire new knowledge and take advantage of it