Vol 11, No 1, 2012 pp. 55-66
UDC 303.686:37.013.83
LEARNING IN EVERYDAY LIFE: TOWARDS A NEW METHOD OF RESEARCHING THE FIELD
Nives Ličen1#, Senka Hočevar Ciuha2
1Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
E-mail: koskarov@yahoo.com
2Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
The text focuses on certain theoretical and methodological issues of using the biographical method to research the learning of adults in everyday life. It presents the development of the biographical method in andragogy and the characteristics of its use in the research of learning. By studying various biographical studies, the authors establish that varied denominations of biographical methods were created, which they link to various professional environments and ways of researching. Some problems in collecting data, taking notes and interpreting narration as well as characteristics of the relationship between the researcher and narrator are presented. Since getting to know the selected phenomena takes place in a reciprocal relationship between the researcher and the narrator, non-verbal communication and pre-linguistic experience, bringing additional challenges to note taking and interpreting, are all important in addition to verbal communicationg.
Key words: Life story, narration, interpretation, research method, learning in everyday life.
UČENJE U SVAKODNEVNOM ŽIVOTU: NOVI PRISTUP ISTRAŽIVAČKIM METODAMA
Ovaj tekst se bavi određenim teorijskim i metodološkim pitanjima upotrebe biografske metode u istraživanju odraslih u svakodnevnom životu. Predstavlja razvoj biografskog metoda u andragogiji i odlike njegove upotrebe prilikom istraživanja procesa učenja. Razmatranjem različitih biografskih studija, autori su utvrdili da formirane različite denominacije biografskog metoda, što oni dovode u vezu sa različitim profesionalnim okruženjima i istraživačkim metodama. Neki od problema prikupljanja podataka, uzimanja beleški i interpretiranja naracija kao i karakteristike odnosa između istraživača i ispitanika su predstavljeni. S obzirom na to da se upoznavanje sa izbranim fenomenima odvija u uzajamnom odnosu između istraživača i naratora, neverbalna komunikacije i prelingvističko iskustvo, to dovodi do dodatnih izazova prilikom vođenja beleški i interpretacije, sve je to bitno pored verbalne komunikacije.
Ključne reči: životna priča, naracija, interpretacija, istraživačke metode, učenje u svakodnevnom životu