Learning and teaching at Adult Education: ethnopedagogical research with close graduate and teachers

Learning and teaching at Adult Education: ethnopedagogical research with close graduate and teachers

• Marie Thériault, CRIFPE, Canada

doi : https://dx.doi.org/10.18162/fp.2016.381

Résumé

General adult education is sought by learners with specific profiles. By documenting the process of success of individuals enrolled in secondary’s 4th and 5th grades, who have followed out of the ordinary school paths, we are now able to understand practices that warrant perseverance and social insertion. By relying on the concept of andragogy, we suggest a methodology dedicated to both practitioners and learners. Our results show life stories of graduates and data on their perceptions of teaching practices and changes in vision of their social inclusion. For practitioners, this research documents the trajectory of their professional practice and their pedagogy.

Abstract

General adult education is sought by learners with specific profiles. By documenting the process of success of individuals enrolled in secondary’s 4th and 5th grades, who have followed out of the ordinary school paths, we are now able to understand practices that warrant perseverance and social insertion. By relying on the concept of andragogy, we suggest a methodology dedicated to both practitioners and learners. Our results show life stories of graduates and data on their perceptions of teaching practices and changes in vision of their social inclusion. For practitioners, this research documents the trajectory of their professional practice and their pedagogy.