Individual Commitment to Lifetime Learning : Individuals' Attitudes, 1993

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The Employment Department have commissioned three studies of attitudes to individual commitment to learning. The first in the series examined individuals' attitudes to learning (SN:3305), the second was concerned with employers' attitudes to learning (SN:3445) while the third covered the providers of adult learning (SN:3446). Taken together, the three studies have been designed to produce an overall picture and explanation of attitudes to adult learning.<br><br>The aim of this study, the first in the series, was to increase understanding of, experience of, and attitudes towards, vocational learning; identify barriers to participation in vocational learning; examine impact which removal of barriers might have on take up of learning.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Awareness of availability and types of learning available; past/present experience of learning; attitudes to learning; perceived costs/benefits of learning; prerequisites for future participation in learning; attitudes to work; attitudes to full-time education.