THE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: MEASURING THE OPPORTUNITIES

Анотація

In recent years, a burst of non-formal education, its spread and influence on various social-age groups and professional groups has been observed in Ukraine. There is also a growing number of people who are professionally engaged in the development of informal one, creating innovative techniques and methods that are effective in adult learning. Positive changes are also taking place in the legislative field. Currently, the preparatory work is being conducted on the drafting of the Law of Ukraine “On Adult Education”. Despite a rather broad range of studies in the area of informal education and the positive developments that take place in the legislative field, providers of educational services continue to face a number of problems related to the lack of information that would create a clear understanding of the motives and educational needs of a target group, to determine the reasons that hinder the joining the educational process. One of the main tasks of the research team was to determine the main factors contributing to the involvement in non-formal education and to measure them. In the previous study “Trends and the development of non-formal education in Ukraine”, the following 3 factors were identified as key in deciding whether to be involved in education, namely: availability of free time, money, mobility. We have supplemented these criteria with an indicator of awareness regarding of educational programs and Internet access. The study is conducted through the prism of a comparative analysis of the level of learning opportunities for each age group.