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Direct linkBoshier, Roger; Huang, Yan; Song, Qihui; Song, Lei – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2006
In Western countries, women and men, young and old, enroll in adult education for different reasons. This is even more the case in China. This study helps Shanghai program planners better appreciate learners by understanding how motivational orientations vary as a function of gender and age. The Chinese version of the Education Participation Scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Females, Stimulation
