Adult Leaming as a Permanent Fixture in Non-formal Community

• 作者: Marta Zientek
• 来源期刊: 中美英语教学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: LIFELONG learning ADULT learners' communities bottom-line INITIATIVES and local actions individualinterviews
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（9）
• 页码范围: 559-568
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: H319

摘要

The paper aims to clarify the relationship between the understanding of the lifelong learning as a permanent fixtureand individual adult learners＇ opinions about its communicative and emancipatory factors in the informalenvironment, creating inclusion and diversity. It proposes different issues of adults＇ actions： intendingempowerment thanks to informal learning, modelling the social change in an informal community, and outliningwhy and how it is important throughout the lifelong learning process in some personal opinions. The study aims toexpand the domain of lifelong learning by including a broader range of human resource and socio-related aspectsthan it can be found in the literature. The paper focuses on a research study using the qualitative approach, includingeight individual interviews with adult learners. These people are willing to describe their bottom-line initiatives andthe constant change in daily life due to the process of lifelong learning in non-formal community. They act as＂lifelong learning forces＂ on two opposite levels： inclusion and diversity, integrating these two elements in highereducation, mediating between the university branding structures and the individual. The research includesimplications for the development of lifelong learning empowerment, the development of＂lifelong learning leaders＂,and for managing the balance between stability and change in turbulent, adults＇ lives.