Benefits of Adult Education Participation for Low-Educated Women

Abstract

Given the double risk of exclusion caused for women with a low educational level, adult education can be a fundamental element that allows them to actively participate in their social, political, and cultural environments. Moreover, because educational level has been reported by the scientific literature to be a factor that directly favors personal benefits, such as having better health or greater employability, adult education may be an opportunity to obtain the aforementioned benefits for women with a low educational level. In this study, using the data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies survey, a model was developed to perform a structural equation analysis on a sample of 5,838 European women with an educational level of ISCED 0-2 and to investigate the benefits of participating in nonformal education activities. The results show that this participation provides these women with greater social and political confidence, more intense cultural participation and even better health and employability.

A Perceção de grupos de adultos com mais de 65 anos sobre intervenções que visam a aprendizagem ao longo da vida: estudo exploratório.

“…A educação dos adultos constituí uma ferramenta fundamental para uma sociedade mais inclusiva (Iñiguez-Berrozpe et al, 2020), o que pressupõe que as pessoas se sintam capazes e tenham formas de participar nas diferentes esferas da vida social (na comunidade, no trabalho, na política, na saúde, para nomear alguns exemplos).…”

Development and Initial Validation of the Nonparticipation in Nonformal Education Questionnaire

“…Each of these groups is distinguished by a specific set of features that makes its members vulnerable, potentially decreasing their desire and opportunity to become involved in education and training. Several authors (Dämmrich et al, 2015; Desjardins & Ioannidou, 2020; Iñiguez-Berrozpe et al, 2020) have described the crucial importance of reducing these negative effects.…”

“…NFE has been described as a primary source of dynamism in today's knowledge economies (Iversen & Soskice, 2019) as well as an efficacious tool to increase the competitiveness of individuals in the labor market and enhance their adaptability to social change (Boeren, 2016;Busemeyer & Trampusch, 2012;OECD, 2018OECD, , 2019. It has also been identified as an effective means of promoting health, civic and cultural engagement and thus contributing to overall sociopolitical trust (Iñiguez-Berrozpe et al, 2020). NFE is particularly relevant today as societies are facing difficult challenges associated with institutional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic (Boeren et al, 2020;Rambla & Milana, 2020;Waller et al, 2020).…”

Motivation and Barriers of Uneployed People Regarding Their Participation in Lifelong Learning Programs: A Case Study in a Prefecture of Greece

“…Adults are looking for educational programs mainly for professional career reasons and therefore adult education is strongly influenced by the labor market. The majority of trainees in most countries participate in lifelong learning activities for vocational purposes (continuing vocational training, initial training or on-the-job training) (Iñiguez-Berrozpe et al, 2019). Unemployment, on the other hand, is at the center of global and Greek interest for a number of reasons, which have in common, on the one hand, economic development and, on the other, the psychosocial well-being of the individual.…”