Sorayya Ruodi aliabadi; Mohammad akbary; Mohsen Ayati
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IntroductionThe world is constantly changing, and to keep up with these changes, one must be a lifelong learner and have a natural desire to learn in order to adapt to change and enrich skills. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting lifelong learning. MethodsThe method of ...
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IntroductionThe world is constantly changing, and to keep up with these changes, one must be a lifelong learner and have a natural desire to learn in order to adapt to change and enrich skills. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting lifelong learning. MethodsThe method of this study using the systematic review method. To achieve the purpose of the study, a regular and extensive review of the research background was conducted. For this purpose, databases of SID, Magiran, Noormags, Eric, Sage, Science Direct & scholar google were searched. After removing the articles disproportionate to the purpose of the research, a complete review was performed on the remaining 27 articles. ResultsFinally, it was revealed that of regular review of research background led to the extraction of 4 general factors. Findings showed that individual, educational, socio-cultural and family factors are involved in lifelong learning. Individual factor including personality factors and mental agency; The educational factor includes factors related to the teacher, factors related to teaching and curriculum, and factors related to educational tools and facilities; The socio-cultural factor also included community relations, integrated team-based learning, and culture structures, and family factors including the relationship between the family and the university and the parent-teacher association. According to the extracted articles, among the many factors involved in lifelong learning, the individual factor and the educational factor are the most abundant. The socio-cultural factor is also the third factor that has the most frequency. Family factors are next, which are effective in lifelong learning. The findings of this study can provide appropriate solutions for education authorities.Based on the results of this study, the effects of the individual, education, family, culture and society on lifelong learning awareness are reflected in the individual's motivation and learning goal, which directly affects the effectiveness of learning. As a result, there will be a guide to the general habit of lifelong learning. Therefore, lifelong learning policy, in addition to a high-level strategy, should create a positive conscious environment with sufficient learning materials and social conditions to stimulate self-learning initiative and strengthen self-directed learning motivations. The findings of this research can provide appropriate solutions to the guardians of education.
neda jabarooti; rouhollah bagherimajd
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IntroductionLifelong learning plays a role as the most important enabling factor in the information society in order to maintain and develop the competence of teachers, to build a sustainable future of the society. Lifelong learning emerged throughout life in order to develop personal, social and knowledge, ...
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IntroductionLifelong learning plays a role as the most important enabling factor in the information society in order to maintain and develop the competence of teachers, to build a sustainable future of the society. Lifelong learning emerged throughout life in order to develop personal, social and knowledge, skills and competencies and to develop various competencies in order to flexibly adapt to a rapidly changing world. The speed of this change made it a necessity to acquire new skills in the training of teachers to prepare the citizens of the new age in order to meet the changing needs ahead. For this reason, the aim of the present research was the Canonical analysis of lifelong learning on the professional development of teachers.MethodThe research method was correlation. The statistical population of the study was about 800 secondary school teachers in serakhs city that a sample of 260 people was selected according to a simple random method. The research tools were three questionnaires, including spiritual well-being Questionnaire, social undermining, organizational Cynicism. Confirmatory validity, composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha of the tools were reported at appropriate levels. The research tools were two questionnaires of lifelong learning and teachers' professional development. Confirmatory validity, composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha of the tools were reported at appropriate levels.ResultsThe results showed that there is a relationship between all components of lifelong learning and teachers' professional development. And based on this, three focus groups were created, which indicates that the dimensions of professional development are explained by the dimensions of lifelong learning.DiscussionIt can be said that the factors of motivation, perseverance, self-regulation and curiosity play a role in the professional development of teachers. the institution of education can create lifelong learning skills in developing the competence of teachers to meet the educational needs of society and prepare citizens for the new era. this learning and development requires the participation of three basic principles of self-contemplation, cooperation with parents and society, and teacher and student.
Saeed Khazaie; amir mashhadi
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IntroductionReading comprehension skills are the cornerstones of lifelong learning of sciences. The confluence of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics has currently ushered in the close collaboration of English teachers with subject area teachers in non-English speaking countries to ...
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IntroductionReading comprehension skills are the cornerstones of lifelong learning of sciences. The confluence of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics has currently ushered in the close collaboration of English teachers with subject area teachers in non-English speaking countries to highlight the possible benefits of new methods of teaching and learning sciences (e.g., Content-Based Instruction or CBI) through English. In tandem, the integration of Augmented Reality Games (ARGs) into flipped classrooms has made provision for students to preemptively tackle the challenges that they are likely to face in the professional contexts. As such, the experiential comprehension of reading sciences introduces the concept of lifelong learning.MethodThis longitudinal study, using a sequential explanatory design and adopting co-teaching in the social constructivism throughout the academic years 2019-2021, explored the feasibility of CBI through English in the pre-reading flipped classrooms for the lifelong learning of secondary and postsecondary sciences. Using the design of experiments, 721 Persian and non-Persian male and female high-school students majoring in applied sciences were selected in the margin errors of 1%. The participants were then randomly divided into four groups to learn the sciences through CBI in the (non)-ARG-assisted flipped classrooms. To fulfill complementarity, the process of CBI in the (non)-ARG-assisted flipped class continued with teaching and formative assessment of the participants' reading comprehension skills in both instruction-learning and healthcare contexts, along with a survey and a focus-group interview. While the quantitative data were analyzed through the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Spearman's correlation coefficient, the repeated measures ANOVA, and the linear mixed effects model, the qualitative data were analyzed through MAXQDA.Results and DiscussionDescriptive and inferential analyses of the data revealed the feasibility of CBI in the ARG-assisted flipped classrooms for teaching reading comprehension skills of sciences in both secondary and medical postsecondary education which, in turn, paved the way for lifelong learning (ß = 6.9, p<.05). From the participants' viewpoints, adopting an active role in doing the ARGs in the process of CBI of reading sciences facilitated their reading comprehension in favor of lifelong learning.ConclusionThe findings revealed that English communication between students and co-teachers for the completion of the reading activities contributed to students' lifelong learning of reading comprehension skills.
parvin roshanghias; mohamadjavad liaghatdar; bibieshrat zamani; fereydoon sharifian
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Development and Validation of a Lifelong Learning-Based Curriculum Assessment Scale in Higher EducationAbstract Introduction: As one of the important infrastructures of the educational system of any country and the most important source of science and technology production, higher education plays a significant ...
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Development and Validation of a Lifelong Learning-Based Curriculum Assessment Scale in Higher EducationAbstract Introduction: As one of the important infrastructures of the educational system of any country and the most important source of science and technology production, higher education plays a significant role in the development of lifelong learning. Universities should create a new movement in this direction by conatructing a platform for students to do longlife learning.The present study aims to explain the curricular elements and components of Farhangian University based on the lifelong learning approach and examine the validity of a developed scale in this field.Method: In the present study, exploratory mixed-methods research was used. Initially, qualitative data were collected and analyzed. Then, based on the obtained qualitative results, quantitative instruments were developed. After that, the quantitative data were collected and analyzed to validate the qualitative findings. The statistical population in the qualitative section consisted of experts in the field of lifelong learning, professors of Farhangian University, and curriculum specialists selected via a purposive sampling method. 33 participants were selected and interviewed via the semi-structured interviewing technique to obtain theoretical saturation in the data. In the quantitative section, a descriptive-survey method was employed. The statistical population in this section consisted of professors of the Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University of Isfahan Province as 242 individuals, among whom 145 participants were selected based on the Krejcie & Morgan table and via a cluster sampling method. Then, the researcher-made questionnaire was distributed among them. Among the returned questionnaires, 103 ones were quantitatively analyzed.Results: The findings of the qualitative section indicated that the curriculum based on the lifelong learning approach in Farhangian University consists of four main elements of goal (with 19 items), content (with 18 items), teaching-learning methods (with 15 items) and evaluation (with 17 items). In the quantitative section, it was also found that based on the results of the Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the elements and related items correctly measure the curriculum model for lifelong learning. Discussion: To sum up, it can be stated that the scale designed in 4 elements and 69 items is valid for evaluating the curricular elements based on the lifelong learning approach at Farhangian University. It can be the basis for making policies and reviewing curriculum at Farhangian University.Keywords: Lifelong Learning, Curriculum, the Lifelong Learning Curriculum Scale, Higher Education, Farhangian University.
