中高齡者參與回流教育學習之研究

The Impact of Participating in Recruitment Education for Middle-aged Learners

本研究旨在探討中高齡者參與回流教育學習之動機、學習障礙、學習適應與學習自我效能之情形，為達研究之目的，本研究採質性研究的立意取樣為原則，選取三位畢業於某科技大學研究所之中高齡學生為研究參與者，並進行深度訪談。訪談內容經由分析得到以下結果：(1)受訪者參與回流教育學習之動機，主要是職業取向；(2)受訪者對於遇到的學習障礙，主要有情境障礙與機構障礙；(3)受訪者面對學習障礙之調適，主要為正向面對問題，自我導向式學習，並善用時間進行學習。面對情境障礙之調適為家人的情感支持；(4)受訪者之學習自我效能為，學習令其感到滿意，且能學以致用，獲得碩士學歷，使其具成就感，開拓視野。研究者希望本研究能提供未來中高齡者參與回流教育時之參考並能對其有所啟發。最後，本研究針對回流教育的課程、辦學機構、教學者以及後續研究者也提出一些建議。

"The purpose of this study is to explore the participation of recruitment education for middle-aged persons including their motivation, learning obstacles, learning adjustment, and learning self-efficacy. This study adopted qualitative methodology based on the principle of purposive sampling. The participants in this study were three middle-aged graduates earning a Master Degree from the same University of Technology. Through indepth interviews, the results were as follows: (1) The learning motivation for the interviewees were career orientation because they wanted to upgrade their social position. (2) Interviewee’s learning obstacles mainly included situational obstacles and institutional obstacles. (3) Interviewees adjusted their learning obstacles by facing the problem positively, self-directed learning, and making good use of time for learning. As for situational obstacles, the interviewees came up with the solutions by emotional support of the family. (4) Interviewees’learning self-efficacy focused on the satisfaction with their learning, being able to apply what they have learned, obtaining a master’s degree, having a sense of accomplishment, and broadening their horizons. The researcher hoped the results could give the middle-aged persons who wanted to participate in the recurrent education in the future and some suggestions were made for the related authorities, instructors and follow-up researchers."