Despite - on Individual Learning Experiences in the Retrospective Accounts of Adults
Despite - on Individual Learning Experiences in the Retrospective Accounts of Adults

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper was to expand theoretical andragogy resources by identifying the characteristicsof the lifelong educational behavior of adults aged 50 years or more. Attempts were made to:1) identify the subjective perspective on educational experiences in the aspect of activity stimulants andreducers,2) gather knowledge about what determines the choices regarding the place and form of learning in adulthood, the success and difficulties experienced by the participants,3) establish shared characteristics of education management experiences and educational competences inthe unique individual conditions of personal memories.The goal of the multiple case study was to explore educational careers from the subjective perspective of theparticipants (analytic generalization). Considering contextual knowledge, four types of educational careerswere identified and described: Autonomous Autodidactic (autotelic, intellectual and utilitarian motivations),Ambitious (social and utilitarian motivation), Diploma Collector (utilitarian and social motivation) and Anchored Conqueror (social, promotion-oriented, utilitarian motivations). The following learning styles wereidentified: sequential (the closest to the traditional one), non-linear, patchwork-like (mosaic-like) and insular,as styles of new learning – from everything and from everyone, learning in daily life.

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