An Examination of the Relationship Between Innovativeness and Lifelong Learning Motivation

ŞEMSEDDİN GÜNDÜZ

doi:/10.54486/fivezero.2025.48

ŞEMSEDDİN GÜNDÜZ, Halime Doğan

Year : 2025
Vol : 5
Issue : 2
Page : 106-118

DOI : /10.54486/fivezero.2025.48

In today’s rapidly changing conditions, individuals’ ability to adapt depends largely on their capacity for innovative thinking and their adoption of lifelong learning. This study aims to analyze university students’ innovativeness and lifelong learning motivation and to examine the relationship between these two constructs. The sample of the study consisted of 466 associate and undergraduate students studying at a foundation university in Türkiye. The majority of the participating students were categorized as “Early Majority.” No significant differences were found in students’ innovativeness and lifelong learning motivation scores according to gender or grade level. Students studying in quantitative fields and those with higher academic achievement had higher innovativeness and lifelong learning motivation scores compared to others. A positive and moderate correlation was found between innovativeness and lifelong learning motivation scores. The findings revealed that students’ innovativeness and lifelong learning motivation were more strongly associated with academic achievement and personality traits than with demographic variables. It is recommended that universities create learning environments that foster innovativeness and lifelong learning motivation, and provide counseling services aimed at enhancing students’ personal characteristics such as self-awareness, self-control, and extroversion.

Cite this Article As : Gündüz, Ş. & Doğan, H. (2025). An examination of the relationship between innovativeness and lifelong learning motivation. Fivezero, 5(2), 106-118.

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An Examination of the Relationship Between Innovativeness and Lifelong Learning Motivation, Research Article,
2025, Vol. 5 (2)

Received : 05.11.2025, Accepted : 19.12.2025 , Published Online : 29.12.2025