Looking back – adult education as a rite of passage?

• Authors: Høyen Marianne

Title variants

EN

Spoglądając w przeszłość – edukacja dorosłych jako rytuał przejścia?

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the Danish educational system, it is possible to enter an academic master’s programme on the basis of a professional bachelor’s degree combined with some years in the job market, for example as a social educator. These adult students share lectures with the younger university students but are challenged on several levels. The aim of the article is to understand how adult students approach the pursuit of a second degree, using a sociological perspective. Based on biographic interviews with mature students at the Danish School of Education, an analysis of their backgrounds, the paths their lives’ follow, and the narratives on which they draw, it is shown how their endeavours can be construed as a rite of passage. It demonstrates how the individual students’ life courses include factors that influence not only the content of their studies, but also their life expectations.

PL

W duńskim systemie edukacji możliwe jest podjęcie studiów magisterskich na podstawie licencjatu i kilkuletniego doświadczenia zawodowego np. edukatora społecznego. Dorośli studenci uczestniczą w wykładach razem z młodszymi, jednakże na wielu płaszczyznach mogą napotkać wyzwania. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zrozumienie z perspektywy socjologicznej podejścia dorosłych osób do edukacji na studiach magisterskich. Wywiady biograficzne z dojrzałymi studentami Duńskiej Szkoły Edukacji, analizy uprzednich doświadczeń tych osób, ich dróg życiowych oraz historii, do których się odwołują, pozwoliły zinterpretować ich działania jako rytuał przejścia. Autorka pokazuje też, jak drogi życiowe poszczególnych studentów wpływają nie tylko na treść ich studiów, ale także na życiowe oczekiwania.

Keywords

EN

adult education; professional bachelor; life paths; rite of passage; narratives; Bourdieu

PL

edukacja dorosłych; licencjat; droga życiowa; rytuał przejścia; narracje; Bourdieu

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski. Oficyna Wydawnicza
• Journal: Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 20
• Pages: 121-138

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Høyen Marianne

• Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark

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ISSN

2084-2740