Motivating Adults to Lifelong Learning

The diploma paper characterizes what motivates adults for lifelong learning. The theoretical part provides you a comprehensive overview about adulthood, lifelong learning of adults, and about motivation itself. First of all, the diploma work defines adulthood , and it focuses on developmental and professional parts of it. Then, it provides you an integrated idea about lifelong learning of adults, it especially focuses on the basic terminology, an overview about lifelong learning, the educational system in ČR and other types/cathegories of lifelong learning. Then, the paper defines motivation, connecting it with Maslow´s theory and assigning it with lifelong learning. It focuses for example on the system of benefits and gains, which is closely connected with lifelong learning. The practical part evaluates quantitative research methods. According to this kind of research technique I used a questionnaire for surveying what adults think about lifelong learning, which form of lifelong learning they prefer, and what motivates them for lifelong learning