A Research on Academic Staff and Students' Perceptions and Views about Lifelong Learning

Abstract

In this study made by using the Screening Model, in order to determine the opinions and competences of vocation school students towards lifelong learning approach, interviews relevant to the purpose of the research were made with teaching assistant and the students studying in the Graduate Studies in Social Sciencesof İstanbul University, and the research was begun as a result of these interviews.

The sampling of the research constitutes a total of 100 peoplethat consist of the teaching assistant and the students studying in the Graduate Studies in Social Sciencesof İstanbul University,

The dataobtained in this research was collected by “Lifelong Learning Scale” developed by the researcher and ofwhich validity and reliability studies were made. Lifelong learning survey was constituted of 23 items

For the analysis of the research data, frequency (f),percentage (%), arithmetic mean , standard deviation (SD), the lowestand highest values, t test, one-factor variance analysis (ANOVA) and simplecorrelation technique were used.