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The Current Status of Using Lifelong Education by Types of Disabilities and Demand
Journal of Lifelong Learning Society
Abbr :
JLLS
2020, 16(2), pp.233-259
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
2020, 16(2), pp.233-259
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
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Earliers studies on the current state of using lifelong education for people with disabilities and demand faced unreliable the results as they limited participants to those who visit lifelong education for people with disabilities. On that note, this study extended the scope of participants to adults with disabilities who have not joined lifelong educational programs to date and examined the current state of using lifelong educational programs by types of disabilities and demand. For this research, survey was conducted among 65 visually impaired people, 197 people with auditory disabilities, 123 physically challenged and with brain disorder and 71 parents nurturing children with development disabilities. The major results are shown as fol lows. The survey revealed that firstly, most responded that they have no experience in joining lifelong educational programs, while those who joined the programs mostly use welfare centers for people with disabilities. Delight was a main motive for their participation, and added that a small number of programs and too far from their homes are difficulties that they could not visit on a regular basis. As to elements that prevent their participation in the programs, they choose the lack of programs during time they prefer. Secondly, most of them were willing to join lifelong educational programs in the future. As to lifelong education centers they want, they mentioned welfare centers for people with disabilities. Many said weekend is preferred to attend classes. Lifelong educational programs they want to attend were diverse according to types of disabilities. A couple of things on ways to promote lifelong education for people with disabilities were discussed on the basis of the above findings
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