LESSON 4

CONCEPTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFELONG EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

Interview Guide: Interview a Field Study student and use these

questions as your guide.

Questions Responses

I improve my learning stages by developing a strong

How do you improve your
learning stages in the absence
of classroom discussion?
attitudes towards learning which help me overcome
some of the potential challenges posed by online
learning such as, for instance, remaining focused
during online classes or maintaining sufficient
motivation

Lifelong learning is the life wide, voluntary and self-

How do you describe lifelong
motivated pursuit of knowledge for not only personal
education in your personal
but professional reasons as well.
intention?

Yes, assistive technology is a big help in my lifelong

Is an assistive technology a big education. For the reason, it increases my
help to your life long opportunity for education, social interactions and
education? Justify your answer. potential for meaningful employment. It also
supports my participation in learning experiences in
the restrictive environment.

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 From these descriptions, elaborate these characteristics about lifelong
education in pursuit of knowledge.

Ongoing Voluntary Self-motivated Personal

Lifelong education Lifelong education Lifelong education Lifelong education

in pursuit of in pursuit of in pursuit of in pursuit of
knowledge takes knowledge is a knowledge is knowledge can
place every day, at deliberate and generally self— help individuals
every age, voluntary. It does motivated based achieve personal
indefinitely. It is a not necessarily on pursuit to learn fulfillment and
continuation of have to restrict more, gain new satisfaction,
gaining knowledge itself to informal skills or support whether pursuing
throughout an learning, however. professional personal interests
individuals’ life for It is described as development. and passions or
fulfillment and steps voluntary with the It’s self-motivated chasing
towards career purpose of persistence in professional
advancement. achieving personal acquiring ambitions. It
fulfillment. The knowledge and recognizes that
individual chooses competencies to individuals have a
to learn either expand skillset natural drive to
through pursuing and develop future explore, learn and
certain skills or opportunities. encourages to
through an open/ improve own
positive mindset quality of life.
towards new
experiences.
EXCHANGE

Have a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with your classmates and

discuss the topic of lifelong education.

FS Student 1 FS Student 2
Reaction to both
Transformation
Technology responses

The Today’s Lifelong learning

transformation of lifelong has changed,
lifelong education is innovated, and
education is driven already improved because
seen the way with widespread and
today’s technological increased
generation advancement. digitization
describe the With the one continues to
classroom set- click away impact human life
up. With the learning and society
pandemic as well spaces online, globally.
affecting the everything is
learning, now
everything now is accessible
transformed with wide
innovatively range of
which makes lessons to
teaching-learning learn in just a
processes snap of finger
convenient and without a long
at the same time time being
challenging. consumed.
Globalization Development of KSV Reaction to both
responses
As globalization
arises, the need
for efficient With the The globalization
lifelong lifelong on lifelong
education will be education education brings
relevant to emphasizing technological
pursuing the the significant advancement
following of knowledge, foreseeing
agenda, skills and changes within
economy, values in the learning systems
technology, four corners of
environment and the room and
society. Besides, even outside
learners who the horizon, it
equip enables
themselves with students to
lifelong continue the
education have pursuit of
the advantage of discovery of
occurring concepts.
significant
change in the
world settings.