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POSTPONEMENT OF ADULTHOOD. REFLECTIONS ON BECOMING AN ADULT

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Malec M.
Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses
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2007
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vol. 8
45-55
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The article is inspired by data which the authoress got from her biografical research. It dealt with the adults who experienced the disability when they were adult already. The 'postponement of adulthood' is in her view an understanding of some kind of change; the redefinition of our person, of our identity. It is the redefinition of our adulthood. The ordered world of adult (dreams and plans) is destroyed and has to be changed. The authoress analyzes this process of changes on the basis of one of the definitions of adulthood by M. S. Knowles. 'The postponed adulthood', as noticed by Havighurst, as well as from the andragogical perspective is a particularly important event in the educational context. Formal, nonformal and informal education is helpful to fill the experienced emptiness. The person who has experienced 'the postponement of adulthood' quite often undertakes different kind of educational activities. To sum up the 'postponement of adulthood' is an educational situation.
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