The roots of adult education centre study in the life of the adult student

• Katri Poutanen Kansalais- ja työväenopistojen liitto (KTOL)
• Antti Kauppi Suomen Liikemiesten Kauppaopisto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33336/aik.96768

Abstract

The article looks into the roots of study as conducted by long-term students at adult education centres. The material is composed of a thesis completed in 1990. The authors recognise four clearly distinguishable student types that are present to some degree in every adult student: those with goals, those who take study as a hobby, those who use it to compensate for something, and those who just use it to make time pass. The roots of study for each student are to be found in their life situations. These vary as does life.