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2020 | 21 | 21-40

Article title

Understanding Estonian liberal adult education in the context of Nordic-Baltic cooperation between 1991 and 2004.

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Rozumienie Estońskiej Liberalnej Edukacji Dorosłych w kontekście współpracy nordycko-bałtyckiej w latach 1991-2004

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In the last decades, Estonian Liberal Adult Education (LAE) has been supported by the Nordic-Baltic cooperation in adult education. Relying on a strong professional network, cooperation would have been impossible without inputs from practitioners of Estonian LAE. From their perspective, what is at the core of the phenomenon of Estonian LAE? This paper is based on the findings from explanatory single case study and discusses the meanings that LAE practitioners attribute to their experiences with the Nordic-Baltic cooperation. The paper shows how the meanings developed over the period of post-USSR, pre-EU independence during 1991-2004. Parsons’ model of social change was used to frame the period as moving the LAE system from one state of equilibrium to another. Focusing on the change in the meanings, empirical data was collected using two retrospective focus group interviews with 14 LAE practitioners and explored a variety of sources of secondary data from the time. Thematic and ethnographic content analysis methods were applied for data analysis, and results were presented in a case story. It appeared from the findings that three periods of apprentice, transformation and equality were distinguished. The temporal dimension of the phenomenon was further expressed in the metaphors, such as starter, sowing the seeds and sprouting. The new equilibrium found by 2004 was described as time for recognition of the main values; self-development; equal international cooperation and joint ventures; learning how to share experience. The practitioners experienced confidence and trust as main resources Estonian LAE used for Nordic-Baltic cooperation in adult education.
ostatnich dziesięcioleciach Estońska Liberalna Edukacja Dorosłych (LAE) otrzymywała wsparcie w ramach współpracy nordycko-bałtyckiej w obszarze edukacji dorosłych. Współpraca, oparta na prężnej sieci zawodowej, byłaby niemożliwa bez wkładu ze strony praktyków estońskiej LAE. Co z ich perspektywy leży u podstaw zjawiska, jakim jest estońska LAE? Niniejszy artykuł odnosi się do wyników studium przypadku i omawia znaczenia, jakie praktycy LAE przypisują swoim doświadczeniom współpracy nordycko-bałtyckiej. Artykuł ukazuje, w jaki sposób znaczenia te kształtowały się w okresie niepodległości po upadku ZSRR i przed członkostwem w UE, w latach 1991-2004. W celu ujęcia tego okresu jako przejścia systemu LAE z jednego stanu równowagi do drugiego wykorzystany został model zmiany społecznej Parsonsa. Koncentrując się na zmianie znaczeń, zebrano dane empiryczne za pomocą dwóch retrospektywnych zogniskowanych wywiadów grupowych przeprowadzonych z 14 praktykami LAE oraz w drodze analizy danych zastanych z różnorodnych źródeł z owego okresu. W analizie danych posłużono się metodami tematycznej i etnograficznej analizy treści, a wyniki przedstawiono w ramach historii przypadku. Na podstawie wyników zostały wyróżnione trzy okresy: okres praktykanta, transformacji i równości. Czasowy wymiar zjawiska został dodatkowo przedstawiony w metaforach, takich jak początkujący, zasianie ziarna i kiełkowanie. Nowy stan równowagi, uzyskany do 2004 roku, został opisany jako czas na rozpoznanie podstawowych wartości, samorozwój, równa współpraca międzynarodowa i wspólne przedsięwzięcia, uczenie się dzielenia się doświadczeniem. Praktycy doświadczyli pewności siebie i zaufania jako głównych zasobów, wykorzystywanych przez estońską LAE w ramach współpracy nordycko-bałtyckiej w zakresie edukacji dorosłych.

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21

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21-40

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2020

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  • Tallinn University
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  • Tallinn University

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Publication order reference

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2084-2740

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