DO MEN LEARN IN ORDER TO EARN? MOTIVES FOR LIFELONG LEARNERS TO CHOOSE WEB-BASED COURSES AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH AGE, GENDER,PARENTHOOD AND RATE OF STUDIES

摘要

Our globally connected world is characterized by growing social mobility and diversification of life trajectories. In the light of recent societal and economic developments people more often change careers. Individuals even have multiple career paths and they are expected to engage in lifelong learning. Ongoing transformations of the labour market, for example, have increased demands for new forms of competence. Education and the employability of individuals have come into focus and competence development and learning are now often related to lifelong career development (Graff, 2008; McLoughlin & Lee, 2008).