Factors supporting and preventing academics from becoming lifelong learners

In present circumstances, it has become inevitable for individuals to continue obtaining new information and skills throughout their lives. Having learned to learn and information literate individuals are able to meet their learning needs both in career and personal terms by themselves. The important aspect is the individual feels the need to learn and knows how and where to meet these needs. Feeling those can be considered as the basic requirement to make efforts in order to meet them. However, the surrounding circumstances may support or prevent meeting these needs. Since the situation of being a lifelong learner will be examined based on the present working conditions, the study is designed as embedded multiple case study. Maximum variety is ensured in the study group by taking into account the various academic titles, gender, and fields of study. The interview form is developed based on the literature and revised according to the opinions of specialists. The data has been collected by doing individual interviews with academics and a content analysis has been performed. In conclusion of the analysis performed, such themes as the need to become lifelong learners, the factors supporting to become lifelong learners and the factors preventing from becoming lifelong learners have been reached. © 2018, Sciedu Press. All rights reserved

On the Number of 1-Factors of Locally Finite Graphs

AbstractEvery infinite locally finite graph with exactly one 1-factor is at most 2-connected is shown. More generally a lower bound for the number of 1-factors in locally finite n-connected graphs is given

Factors affecting mortality in late stage Parkinson’s Disease

To determine the effect of dysphagia and hospital admissions on mortality in late stage Parkinson’s disease

FACTORS PROMOTING CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIOUR AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA

This article investigated ethnicity and inter ethnic relations in Nigeria and also highlighted the factors that promote co-operative behaviour among ethnic groups. Such factors are to be encouraged to promote better understanding so that unity can be fostered among the different groups. Counselling has a significant role to play in ethnic relations. Cross cultural counselling may look into ways the differe~t cultures within the country could be studied and understood as most of the mistrust existing between groups may be due to lack of information about the different groups