Who likes to learn new things : measuring adult motivation to learn with PIAAC data from 21 countries

Abstract

"Despite the importance of lifelong learning as a key to individual and societal prosperity, we know little about adult motivation to engage in learning across the lifespan. Building on educational psychological approaches, this article presents a measure of Motivation-to-Learn using four items from the background questionnaire of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)." (Author's abstract ; BIBB-Doku)