Adult Educators: An Example of the New Approach to Lifelong Learning in Poland

Autor/in	Mazurkiewicz, Grzegorz
Titel	Adult Educators: An Example of the New Approach to Lifelong Learning in Poland
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 44 (2009) 2, S.243-255 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Labor Market; Lifelong Learning; Adult Learning; Foreign Countries; Values; Adult Educators; Ethics; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Interviews; Educational Environment; Teacher Attitudes; Adult Education; Teacher Characteristics; Program Descriptions; Educational Principles; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Wertbegriff; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ethik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lehrerverhalten; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Bildungsprinzip; Polen
Abstract	This article presents reflections arising from a study on adult learning professions in Poland. Changes in the socio-political and legal context created phenomena that have occurred in the adult education systems, mechanisms and approaches. The article focuses on the impact of those processes on a specific professional group--adult educators. Because of the increasing importance of lifelong learning and the promising vision of a knowledge society, new initiatives in education open challenging possibilities for human development. Based on interviews with practitioners the article describes the professional situation of adult educators: training, development, awareness, values, priorities and practice. A new trend noticeable in these interviews--the emergence of a new kind of educator. The working style of this new group (operating like a closed caste) with a specific language and communication style, value system, ethics and critical skills resulted in the creation of the culture of lifelong learning. The culture of adult educators has developed skills of survival in a fragmented reality of the Polish educational policy, a chaotic legal frame and the strong pressure of the labour market. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10