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According to Caschera (2013), the three biggest challenges facing adult learners are balancing school and life, accessibility and costs. The realisation of how time management is essential when deciding to enter or re-enter education is evident in all aspects of living. ‘The Balancing Act’ is detrimental to the success of progression, but many adult learners have family and work obligations. Furthermore, these ‘additional responsibilities can lead to stress and frustration for adult learners.’ It is then considered that accessibility is linked to time commitments and therefore attendance to classes may become more difficult during the regular course timetable, as employment and childcare may cause conflict. In turn, reluctance in the pursuit of higher education may occur. The long-term cost of higher education can also have a major impact on adult learners living situations.
However, knowledge of these concerns is being addressed by many educational institutes, resulting in more flexible options being made.
Moreover, positive information is given first and then the concerns are then listed after, giving the backward impression that the concerns are the dominant issues. Concerns therefore may not have occurred to some adult learners and still may not have any effect on further studies.
This piece of literature is written by London Council for Adult Education Co-