Purpose

This study aims to conduct a quantitative meta-analysis of previous research on lifelong vocational education to generate generalized conclusions about its effects, set directions for future lifelong vocational education and identify implementation measures.

Design/methodology/approach

To conduct a meta-analysis on research results that have a heterogeneous distribution, it is important to specify the analysis category for examining the effects of research variables.

Findings

First, lifelong vocational education has an effect on dependent variables. And action appears to have the highest effect size on dependent variables. Next, when calculating the size of variables that had an effect on lifelong vocational education by educational type, the effect size of informal education was found to be larger than that of formal education. Finally, regarding the effect on the participants, office workers were influenced most, followed by university students, North Korean defectors, job seekers and foreigners.

Research limitations/implications

Although this study attempted to conduct an in-depth analysis of subcomponents, it was not possible to analyze variables at a more detailed level. Therefore, future studies should aim to conduct a more comprehensive analysis of different variables based on a wider composition. Because lifelong vocational education is relevant to people’s daily lives, it should be investigated in the context of their personal characteristics and social backgrounds.

Practical implications

This research was designed to uncover general effects of lifelong vocational education and discover relevant variables affecting lifelong vocational education in South Korea. A meta-analysis of 15 studies with 67 subgroups examining lifelong vocational education was conducted.

Social implications

In the current era of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity), lifelong vocational education needs to be organized systematically, unlike in the past. With the rapid advancements in technology influenced by artificial intelligence and the fourth industrial revolution, there is a surge in social demands for continued reeducation and redevelopment of employees to prepare for talent development paradigm innovation, increasing unemployment among unskilled workers and competence enhancement needs among job seekers and employed individuals.

Originality/value

This study aims to conduct a quantitative meta-analysis of previous research on lifelong vocational education to draw generalized conclusions on its effectiveness and discuss its implications for implementation measures. Specifically, this study will analyze the general effect size; differences in the effect size among different dependent variable groups; and the effect size based on lifelong vocational education participants.

中文翻译：

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韩国终身职业教育效果的荟萃分析

目的

本研究旨在对以往关于终身职业教育的研究进行定量荟萃分析，得出其效果的概括性结论，为未来终身职业教育指明方向并确定实施措施。

设计/方法论/途径

为了对具有异质分布的研究结果进行荟萃分析，指定分析类别来检验研究变量的影响非常重要。

发现

首先，终身职业教育对因变量有影响。行动似乎对因变量的影响最大。其次，在按教育类型计算对终身职业教育影响的变量大小时，发现非正规教育的影响大小大于正规教育。最后，就对参与者的影响而言，上班族受到的影响最大，其次是大学生、脱北者、求职者和外国人。

研究局限性/影响

尽管本研究试图对子成分进行深入分析，但不可能对变量进行更详细的分析。因此，未来的研究应致力于在更广泛的构成基础上对不同变量进行更全面的分析。由于终身职业教育与人们的日常生活息息相关，因此应结合人们的个人特点和社会背景来考察。

实际影响

本研究旨在揭示终身职业教育的总体影响，并发现影响韩国终身职业教育的相关变量。对 15 项研究（67 个亚组）进行了荟萃分析，研究了终身职业教育。

社会影响

在当今的VUCA（波动性、不确定性、复杂性和模糊性）时代，终身职业教育需要系统地组织起来，这与过去不同。随着人工智能和第四次工业革命影响下的技术快速进步，社会对员工持续再教育和再发展、为人才发展范式创新做好准备的需求激增，非技术工人失业率不断上升，求职者能力提升需求不断增加。和受雇个人。

原创性/价值

本研究旨在对以往关于终身职业教育的研究进行定量荟萃分析，得出其有效性的一般性结论，并讨论其对实施措施的影响。具体来说，本研究将分析一般效应大小；不同因变量组之间效应大小的差异；以及基于终身职业教育参与者的效应大小。