ABSTRACT As the Australian labour market restructures and the pace of technological advances quickens, reskilling and up-skilling are now required for sustained employability. Thus, many adults embark on further study after spending a period of time in the workforce. To examine the reasons for re-engaging, and for not re-engaging with education during adulthood, we conduct analysis of longitudinal data collected from a cohort of people who completed school in 1991. The majority of the participants completed an educational qualification between 25 and 44 years and were thus, lifelong learners. Understanding the patterns of re-engagement with education and the reasons why some people choose to re-engage whereas others do not contributes to current policy debates about how education prepares Australians for life.

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在整个生命过程中重新参与教育：动机和障碍

摘要随着澳大利亚劳动力市场的重组和技术进步的步伐加快，现在需要重新培训和提高技能才能持续就业。因此，许多成年人在工作了一段时间后开始进一步学习。为了检查成年后重新接受教育和不再接受教育的原因，我们对从 1991 年完成学业的一组人收集的纵向数据进行了分析。大多数参与者完成了 25 到 25 岁之间的教育资格。 44 岁，因此是终身学习者。了解重新参与教育的模式，以及为什么有些人选择重新参与而另一些人没有为当前关于教育如何为澳大利亚人的生活做好准备的政策辩论做出贡献的原因。