Comprehensive Study on Structural Grasping of Adults' Learning Needs in Lifelong Learning Society

(1)本项目旨在调查成年人在家庭生活和工作场所的学习情况，特别是学习的经历和需求，以便研究结果可供公共和私营部门的项目提供者使用。(2)针对每个目标人群制定3套调查问卷，即随机抽取5个地州的20岁以上成年人7200人，每个地州有4种类型的乡镇和城市；随机抽样1500家公司，根据规模和业务类型进行分类；12000名员工，每个公司8名，按年龄划分。调查结果表明：(3)受访者有过某种学习经历的比例超过80%，学习的主要范围包括业余爱好、体育、保健等，均为非职业性质。(4)那些处于特殊生命阶段的人，如在抚养孩子和/或有年老的家庭成员需要照顾的时期，表现出较低的学习经验率。这些因素似乎对学习起了阻碍作用。(5)在对公司员工个人发展的支持体系方面，“对学员的经济资助”、“对休假的体贴态度”、“基于个人发展结果的薪酬提升”相对较高。(6)对“在高等院校开设与工作职责和资格相关的各种课程和短期课程”的期望值很高。

(1) This project is intended to investigate the learning situation of adults in their family life and workplace, particularly experiences of and demands for learning so that the research results may be utilized by program providers in both public and private sectors.(2) Three sets of questionnaire were developed for each of the target populations, namely, a random sample of 7,200 subjects of the over 20s adults in the five prefectures with four types of towns and cities from each prefecture; a random sample of 1,500 companies classified according to size and type of business; and 12,000 employees, 8 per company, divided according to age. Very instructive results have been obtained by the survey such as:(3) The percentage of respondents who had experienced some kind of learning was found to be over 80%, and the major scope of learning covered hobbies, sports and health-care, all of which were of non-vocational nature.(4) Those who were at their special life-stage such as in the periods of child-rearing and/or having old family members to be attended on showed a lower rate of learning experience. These factors seemed to have played the role of impediment to learning.(5) Regarding the support system for the personal development of company employees, " financial assistance for course participants," " considerate attitude regarding time off," and "salary improvement based on the results of personal development" were relatively high.(6) Expectations of " various courses related to work duties and qualifications and short courses both conducted in institutions of higher education" were very high.