政府極力推展終身學習的理念，但人民的終身學習需求到底是那些，有必要作一個全面的了解。唯有如此，才能進行一個比較完整的規劃。本研究應用電話訪談方式，針對全省的民眾抽樣，進行終身學習的需求研究，這些問題包括：臺灣民眾有那些學習需求？他們希望如何滿足這些需求？那些管道對他們比較合適？需要克服的瓶頭是什麼？

Taiwan government forcefully intends to implement the idea of lifelong learning, however, in order to have a comprehensive planning in future, people's lifelong learning needs have to be known first,. Through telephone interviewing technique, this study has solicited the following findings: the people's learning needs, how they would like to satisfy those needs, in which channel, and how they will conquer those obstacles.