Abstract
The concept of 'lifelong learning (LLL)' has emerged because of the necessity of renewing earlier and immemorial information in time. LLL is involved in a various kind of international foundations' works. European Union is perceived as more efficient in comparison with international companies in terms of lifelong learning practices. European Commission defines the lifelong learning as not only knowledge and aptitude, but also a beneficial opportunity in order to survive individual, social and economic life or in every single field of learning skills and activities. The important place of lifelong learning in the world is utilized to identify the tendency of exact learning levels. In this study, 'Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale' has been enforced as survey to students who studied in different departments for 2016-2017 Spring year. There were 148 vocational school students from 5 different departments. In this study, 4 sub-categories has been determined as motivation, perseverance, the absence of organizing learning and the absence of curious with the demographic information of participants. According to the scale results which was carried out on 5 different departments, it was received that while the highest score of lifelong learning tendency was considered as management, the lowest score was agreed as computer programming.
Highlights
Individuals who acquired lifelong learning skill represents as impression as they could be successful in all probable fields
People who can reach the information when one needs for the solution of problems and who could add new ones into it are described as individuals who have the lifelong learning skill (Polat and Odabaş, 2008)
Since Grundtvig utilized the concept of lifelong learning for the first time in his works, he is regarded as the founder of this notion
Summary
Individuals who acquired lifelong learning skill represents as impression as they could be successful in all probable fields. People who can reach the information when one needs for the solution of problems and who could add new ones into it are described as individuals who have the lifelong learning skill (Polat and Odabaş, 2008). Lifelong learning involves the vocational and technical education, the widespread ranges of including, during and excluding the service in terms of learning process In other words, it could be appreciated as an advantageous opportunity which provides equality for individuals and a process where there is no existence of time, place, age, socio-economic level or even education level (Günüç, et al, 2012). All evidences and findings have been gathered carefully and addressed to related foundations
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