Q: According to Canadian statistics, less than half do this after graduating. What is it?
A: Have not participated in any learning activities. Gave up learning.
Forty-one percent of adult Canadians aged 25 to 64 had not participated in learning activities over a prolonged period of time (6 years) and could be considered as being disengaged in lifelong learning. This proportion is an improvement from 2002 when 48% of adult Canadians were identified as being disengaged in lifelong learning. However given that education and training are strong predictors of personal and socioeconomic wellbeing and contribute to Canada’s productivity, it is noteworthy that two in five adult Canadians are not engaged in lifelong learning.
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Researchers in this field likewise attest to the existence of a learning cliff. “After formal education and job training ends, many adults experience years, if not decades, of reduced or nonexistent learning opportunities,” write psychologists Rachel Wu and Jessica Church in Scientific American.
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