Understanding motivation for lifelong education, through biography, complexity and control

L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education

Martin, Graeme ; Thomas, Gary

University:University of Birmingham

Department:School of Education

关键词: L Education;    LC Special aspects of education;    LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education;   

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来源: University of Birmingham eTheses Repository

【 摘 要 】

Lifelong learning requires motivation to complete learning projects across the lifespan. Understanding an individual’s commitment to extended periods of learning is not well understood. There are particular gaps in longitudinal and biographical accounts of learners grounded in frameworks of lifespan theories. Equally missing are accounts that consider the dynamical nature of learning across time. Three learner biographies are examined to develop a dynamical control perspective of motivation for extended learning. Drawing on a regulatory framework the Lifespan Theory of Control and concepts from complexity perspectives particularly Non Linear Dynamical Systems Theory, including feedback, attractors and bifurcation, A model is offered which synthesises processes of control, motivation and dynamics leading to competence and accounting for extended periods of learning.