고등교육기관에서의 노인들의 평생교육 프로그램 참여요인 정립에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study analyzed the old peoples' motivation for participation into lifelong learning in higher education and suggested a model to encourage participation by using the senior citizens' colleges. With the purpose of analyzing Korean old people's participation into higher education, the study selected institutions of lifelong education for old people in higher education as target organizations for observation, and represented the literature review in relation to old people's lifelong education. As a target group for analyzing attributes of participation by old people into lifelong learning, 20 people above 60 years old were selected, who were enrolled in lifelong education centers at universities or colleges. As the research methodology, a qualitative method was chosen and the collected data were analyzed on the basis of ground theory. As the result of in-depth interview, three attributes for old peoples' participation into lifelong education centers or higher education were found. The reasons why the target group for research participated in lifelong learning was, first, to suffice themselves psychologically, second, to escape from the feeling of isolation from the society, and third, to get help in their daily life.