Dropout in adult education as a phenomenon of fit - an integrative model proposal for the genesis of dropout in adult education based on dropout experiences

Thalhmmer, Veronika; Hoffman, Stefanie; Hippel, Alga von und Schmidt-Hertha, Bernhard (2022): Dropout in adult education as a phenomenon of fit - an integrative model proposal for the genesis of dropout in adult education based on dropout experiences. In: European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, Bd. 13, Nr. 3: S. 231-246

Abstract

In adult training practice, dropout marks the transition from participation to non-participation. There are only a few theoretical models, especially from the second half of the 20th century, that address this phenomenon. With special consideration to the congruence model of Boshier (1973) and the integration model of Tinto (1975, 1993) the study focuses first on the theoretical discussion of empirically grounded models for the explanation of dropout in the field of adult education. Against the background of analyses of 40 problem-centered interviews with dropouts from adult education, the two models are examined as to their explanatory contributions. Based on these empirical and theoretical explorations, a newly developed typology of as well as a model for dropout are proposed which topicalize dropout in adult education as a phenomenon of fit.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Pädagogik und Rehabilitation
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
• ISSN: 2000-7426
• Sprache: Englisch