The influence of adult learning on family life based on the 60's and 70's 20th century memoirs Cover Image

Wpływ nauki dorosłych na życie rodzinne na podstawie pamiętników lat 60. i 70. XX wieku.
The influence of adult learning on family life based on the 60's and 70's 20th century memoirs

Author(s): Anna Landau-Czajka
Subject(s): Adult Education
Published by: Akademickie Towarzystwo Andragogiczne
Keywords: adult education; family; gender; memoirs

Summary/Abstract: The researchers, studying the memoirs written for the competitions in the sixties and seventies, tried to trace the motives of adult learning and the impactof learning on the functioning of the family. The motives differed depending on what was the reason for leaving school, at what age the learning has been resumed. Although research on of students from this period indicates that the most common motive was the desire for professional improvement, it is clear from the diaries that ambition was the most important factor here, there is also a motive that is not included in the research, i.e. unwillingness to participate in domestic duties. Long-term adult education has often had a destructive effect on the family. Men resigned not only from participation in housework, but also from raising children andspending time with their wives. The women continued to run the household, but very often they passed on the upbringing of the children to other people, sometimes even giving them away from home. Not all families have survived this period. Another problem of learning adult persons was the lack of time to participate in culture.

  • Issue Year: 78/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-161
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish