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Exploring Final-Year Undergraduate Students’ Readiness of Self-directed Learning in the Workplace

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Self-directed learning, one of the typical forms of informal learning, is nowadays seen as an essential competence for workplace. Research objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the self-directed learning readiness of 358 final-year undergraduate students at a university in Hong Kong before entering into workplace. Methodology: The Guglielmino’s Self-directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) was used. Students indicated the degree to which the 58 statements accurately described their own attitudes, beliefs, actions, or skills on the five-point rating scale. Key results: The mean SDLRS score of these students was 207.14 ± 23.14, indicating that they generally reached the ‘average’ level of readiness for self-directed learning but there was still room for improvement. Compared to the self-directed learning studies in the literature, the mean SDLRS score of these students was higher than that of students from Taiwan and Japan, but lower than that of Indonesia, Australia, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates.

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  3. Ming-Ai (London) Institute, London, UK

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Ng, A.W.Y. (2023). Exploring Final-Year Undergraduate Students’ Readiness of Self-directed Learning in the Workplace. In: TSO, A.W.B., CHAN, W.W.L., NG, S.K.K., BAI, T.S., LO, N.P.K. (eds) Critical Reflections on ICT and Education. Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7559-4_9

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