University Continuing Education for Lifelong Learning in Korea

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-202
Author(s):  
Haejoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
Learning Society ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
Critical Overview

Lifelong education achieves its goals when it improves people's quality of life and when it brings social cohesion and development. University continuing education (UCE) has contributed to the expansion of higher education opportunities in terms of its quantity. However, we have to look further than sheer volume of activity. Original ideals of lifelong education are declining these days due to changes in society and in learners, and because of the commercialisation of UCE. Furthermore, UCE has some problems in actualising lifelong learning society. This paper offers a critical overview of Korean university continuing education. To analyse this system, the characteristics of participants, factors that influence participation in UCE and their effects on learning given the current status of UCE in Korea are examined.

Improving the quality of life and vocational qualifications of adults with disabilities - Andragogical reflection

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (38) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Natalia Maria Ruman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Adults With Disabilities ◽  
Vocational Qualifications ◽  
Severity Of Disability ◽  
Postindustrial Era ◽  
Disability Education ◽  
Principal Task

Lifelong education for adults with disabilities is the only guarantee for this unique group's survival in public life and in the open labor market. At present, the principal task of continuing education is to support processes where EU societies and economies make a transition from the postindustrial era to the digital economy and information society era (Post-PC era). The essence of continuing education is best reflected in the view that it should be considered in the context of lifelong learning. At the methodological level, the idea of lifelong learning presupposes absolute equality among people (regardless of gender, severity of disability, education, age, social class, etc.). The article is an interdisciplinary attempt to answer the question about the importance of permanent education in improving the quality of life and vocational qualifications of adults with disabilities.

scholarly journals Where Do Lifelong Learning Cities in Korea Stand? – From the Perspective of a Learning Society Orientation

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Sangok Park
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Free Expression ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
Learning Society ◽  
Learning Cities

The learning city aims for a just learning society, emphasising the subjective participation of citizens and providing them with equal learning opportunities. The purpose of the paper is to examine, through a literature review method, whether Korea’s lifelong learning cities have achieved the formation of a learning society. In Korea learning cities have led to the provision of more learning opportunities for citizens and improved the quality of education programmes. There also exists a movement for citizens to participate in the learning city project as citizen activists. However, it is not yet possible to assess that most learning cities are developed and built by citizens’ engagement. Moreover, there is even a tendency for inequality to be intensified in lifelong education. Therefore, Korea’s learning cities will need to further solidify their citizen-led perspective, including democratic decision-making and the free expression of opinions by citizens, in order to move toward a just learning society.

Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

Possibilities of the choice and specification of model of socialization and self-realization of the personality in the system of continuous education

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Lubov N. Sudyina ◽  
Evgeniy A. Chigishev ◽  
Aleksander I. Kalachikov
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
Professional Environment ◽  
Inner World ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Self Presentations

The paper identifies and systematically clarifies the possibilities of setting and solving the problem of choosing a model of socialization and self-realization of a person in a system of continuing education. The system of continuing education creates the conditions for holistic study and clarification of the possibilities of personality development, in this choice the person chooses the direction of future professional activity, determines the model of self-realization and socialization, the possibilities of which can be represented in a generalized way through the directions of “education”, “science”, “sport “,” Art “,” culture “, etc. The transition from one direction of socialization and self-realization of a person to another direction may be due to changes in the inner world personality and social and professional environment. The ambiguity of the choice of the model of socialization and the model of personal self-realization in the system of lifelong education determines the problem of personification and unification of the assessment of the quality of an individual’s activity in the chosen direction and the selected constructs for assessing the quality of pedagogical meters. In the structure of detailing the models under consideration, concepts are clarified, the principles of identifying and researching the socialization and self-realization of a person in the system of continuing education are highlighted. The quality and productivity of the identified and solved problems of socialization and self-realization can be clarified and presented in various kinds of self-presentations (student portfolio, professional-pedagogical case, etc.) and resume. To study and visualize the quality of socialization and self-realization of a person in the structure of the work organized by the teacher, you can also use questionnaires, whose popularity and the ambiguity in the interpretation of the received data explains the need for future development of program-pedagogical support for the study of the quality of socialization and self-realization of a person in the system of continuing education.

scholarly journals Women in surgery: a systematic review of 25 years

BMJ Leader ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. leader-2019-000199
Author(s):  
Charleen Singh ◽  
Caitlin Loseth ◽  
Noordeen Shoqirat
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Surgical Residency ◽  
Meta Analyses

The number of women entering medicine significantly increased over the last decades. Currently, over half of the medical students are women but less than half are applying to surgery and even less go on to surgical specialties. Even fewer women are seen in leadership roles throughout the profession of surgery and surgical residency. Our purpose of the literature review is to identify any themes, which would provide insight to the current phenomenon. We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic Reviews and Meta-Analyses method for a systematic review of the literature over a 20-year period (1998–2018). Five broad themes were identified: education and recruitment, career development, impact of/on life around the globe and surgical subspecialties as areas of barriers for women entering or considering surgery. The systematic review suggests there are opportunities to improve and encourage women entering the profession of surgery as well as the quality of life for surgeons. Creating systems for mentorship across programmes, having policies to support work–life balance and recognising surgical training overlaps with childbearing years are key opportunities for improvement. Improving the current status in surgery will require direction from leadership.

scholarly journals Prediction of walking ability following posterior decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne McIlroy ◽  
Feroz Jadhakhan ◽  
David Bell ◽  
Alison Rushton
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Spinal Stenosis ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ◽  
Walking Distance ◽  
Walking Ability ◽  
Poor Outcome ◽  
Lumbar Spinal ◽  
Reduced Risk

Abstract Purpose Following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) up to 40% of people report persistent walking disability. This study aimed to identify pre-operative factors that are predictive of walking ability post-surgery for LSS. Methods An observational cohort study was conducted using data from the British Spine Registry (2017–2018) of adults (≥ 50 years) with LSS, who underwent ≤ 2 level posterior lumbar decompression. Patients receiving fixation or who had previous lumbar surgery were excluded. Walking ability was assessed by a single item on the Oswestry Disability Index and dichotomised into poor/good outcome. Multivariable regression models were performed. Results 14,485 patients were identified. Pre-operatively 30% patients reported poor walking ability, this decreased to 8% at 12 months follow-up. Predictors associated with poor walking ability at 12 months were: increasing age (≥ 75 years OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.07, 2.18), BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 (OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.00, 2.30), severity of leg pain (OR 1.10, CI 95% 1.01, 1.21), disability (OR 1.01, 95% CI 1.01, 1.02) and quality of life (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.56, 0.89). Pre-operative maximum walking distance (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.05, 1.25) and higher education (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.80, 0.96) were associated with reduced risk of poor walking ability at 12 months; p < 0.05. Depression, fear of movement and symptom duration were not associated with risk of poor outcome. Conclusion Older age, obesity, greater pre-operative pain and disability and lower quality of life are associated with risk of poor walking ability post-operatively. Greater pre-operative walking and higher education are associated with reduced risk of poor walking ability post-operatively. Patients should be counselled on their risk of poor outcome and considered for rehabilitation so that walking and surgical outcomes may be optimised.

Improving the Quality of Survey Data on College Campus Woman Abuse: The Contribution of a Supplementary Open-Ended Question

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780122097549
Author(s):  
Walter S. DeKeseredy ◽  
Danielle M. Stoneberg ◽  
James Nolan ◽  
Gabrielle L. Lory
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Woman Abuse ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Methodological Challenge ◽  
Using Data

Obtaining accurate survey data on the prevalence of woman abuse in institutions of higher education continues to be a major methodological challenge. Underreporting is difficult to overcome; yet, there may be effective ways of minimizing this problem. One is adding a supplementary open-ended question to a primarily quantitative questionnaire. Using data derived from the Campus Quality of Life Survey (CQLS), this article examines whether asking respondents to complete such a question increases the prevalence rates of four types of woman abuse and provides information on behaviors that are not included in widely used and validated measures of these harms.

Planning for lifelong education

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Weimer
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
Industrial Firms ◽  
Large Market ◽  
Business Of Education

Continuing education has become a large market with participation by industrial firms, educational institutions and firms in the business of education. Both education and industry should develop strategies for their involvement in continuing education. Both should commit to the concept of lifelong learning as essential for their success. Both should consider cooperative projects as one of the most cost-effective ways of providing continuing education. Both should improve communication with each other to improve our capability to identify appropriate joint projects and to improve our management of them.

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