Background Info
LIFELONG EDUCATION CAN BE DEFINED AS A PROCESS OF BOTH DELIBERATE AND UNINTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INFLUENCING LEARNING THROUGHOUT ONE’S LIFE SPAN. LIFELONG EDUCATION CAN BE PROVIDED THROUGH INFORMAL, FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION PROCESSES. DIMENSIONS OF LIFELONG EDUCATION HAVE ALSO BEEN DETAILED ALONG WITH ITS GOALS. EDUCATION IS PROCESSES, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND CONDTITIONS WHICH ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE LEARNING. HUMAN BEINGS CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY KEEP ON LEARNING AND TRAINING THEMSELVES THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. THIS MAY BE A RESULT OIF THE THE INFLUENCE OF THE SURROUNDINGS WHICH MOULD THEIR BEHAVIOUR, THEIR CONCEPT OF LIFE AND THE CONTENT OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE. LLEA RESEARCH GROUP FOCUSES ON TWO MAIN INTEREST IN EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT. THE GROUP AIMS TO STRENGTHEN RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BY EMPLOYING VARIETIES OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATITVE RESEARCH DESIGNS AS WELL AS APPLLYING STATISTICAL METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS (SEM, AMOS, FACTOR ANALYSIS: EFA&CFA, RASCH, NVIVO ETC). IN ADDITION, LLEA GROUP WORKS TOWARDS TRAINING, WRITING AND PUBLISHING. RESEARCH AREAS INVOLVE PSYCHOLOFICAL TESTING, ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION, SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT, SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT, EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, MOTIVATION, PERSONALITY, SPIRITUAL ABILITY INTELLIGENT, SCHOOL READINESS PROFILE, READING READINESS, STUDENT READINESS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND ANY RESEARCH RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT.