A Research On Time Management Disposition Of Adult-Learners In Distance Education

The time management disposition reflects the way that individuals make use of and controls his time, and it can be considered as a kind of personality trait which is a multi-dimension and multi-level mental structure, include the sense of time value, the sense of time control, the sense of time efficacy. On some degree, time management reflects the ability of self-control. It is quite significant to improve work and study efficiency; For every distance learner, work and study always have conflicts. They could not always guarantee enough learning time. For them, how to manage time efficiently is their chief problem. Furthermore, distance learning is a kind of open learning, it requires distance learners to have strong learning ability. It emphasizes that distance learners have strong self-plan, self-monitoring and self-assessment abilities. It is obvious that time management ability is a basic ability for distance learners. It is the precondition for distance learning and it has great infection on self-study. Individual time management exists in daily life, study and work. It displays through individual behavior when one using time.This research first investigates time management disposition of distance learners, then collects the and analyze the data to discuss the characteristics of distance learners' time management disposition. The main conclusions are as follows:(1) All the testees have low-level time management disposition, but distance learners who have longer distance learning experience have higher time-control concept.(2) There are great differences between distance learners' and traditional learners' time management disposition. Traditional learners have higher time-control and time-efficiency concept.(3) Time-control and time-value concepts have distinct effects on distance learners' learning achievements.According to the investigation results, this research further analyzes the problems and reasons of distance learners on time management. Based on the analysis, the author put forward some material training solutions in order to give the distance learners some effective time management strategies. Finally, the author talks about the signification of online time management systems on promoting distance learners to master time management strategies, and gives detailed design solution and models.Although there are many literatures talking about time management, this thesis discusses the characteristics of distance learners' time management disposition form distance education view. The author puts forward feasible solution and model, which is very important for distance education organizations to further understand characteristics of distance learners and improve distance learning environment.