This study uses secondary data analysis to investigate the motives behind non-traditional students starting university studies. The data were collected during the first part of a longitudinal on-line survey conducted at Masaryk University amongst first-year students attending all of the university’s bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes. The Academic Motivation Scale was the tool used in the original research to explore the university students’ reasons for beginning their studies. A sub-sample of the primary study population, adult students 26 years of age or older who had taken a break from their educational trajectories, were identified as non-traditional students. We found that the hierarchy of non-traditional students’ motives for e...
The study deals with the perceived reasons for nonparticipation in adult learning and education (ALE...
The paper is based on results from a European research project with the aim to identify the factors ...
Non-traditional college students now comprise an ever increasing portion of the overall number of co...
Non-traditional students represent an important group of university students, and that is why their ...
Non-traditional students represent an important group of university students, and that is why their ...
his paper explores students’ non-economic motives for attending university. Drawing on the results o...
This research dissertation was developed for the purpose of advancing the literature in the realm of...
The objective of this qualitative study was to establish motivations for participation of non-tradit...
While nontraditional students and adult learners are a growing population within higher education ca...
The objective of this qualitative study was to establish motivations for participation of non-tradit...
The non-traditional experience for mature students can sometimes be challenging as they connect to t...
The rapid development and the increased competition in the labour market makecontinuing education a ...
The motivation to get higher education has a significant impact on the development of students' prof...
Personally engaged study strategies focused on deep-level learning, internal fascination with the su...
The aim of the current study is to investigate the development of students’ motivation across the tr...
The study deals with the perceived reasons for nonparticipation in adult learning and education (ALE...
The paper is based on results from a European research project with the aim to identify the factors ...
Non-traditional college students now comprise an ever increasing portion of the overall number of co...
Non-traditional students represent an important group of university students, and that is why their ...
Non-traditional students represent an important group of university students, and that is why their ...
his paper explores students’ non-economic motives for attending university. Drawing on the results o...
This research dissertation was developed for the purpose of advancing the literature in the realm of...
The objective of this qualitative study was to establish motivations for participation of non-tradit...
While nontraditional students and adult learners are a growing population within higher education ca...
The objective of this qualitative study was to establish motivations for participation of non-tradit...
The non-traditional experience for mature students can sometimes be challenging as they connect to t...
The rapid development and the increased competition in the labour market makecontinuing education a ...
The motivation to get higher education has a significant impact on the development of students' prof...
Personally engaged study strategies focused on deep-level learning, internal fascination with the su...
The aim of the current study is to investigate the development of students’ motivation across the tr...
The study deals with the perceived reasons for nonparticipation in adult learning and education (ALE...
The paper is based on results from a European research project with the aim to identify the factors ...
Non-traditional college students now comprise an ever increasing portion of the overall number of co...