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Interdisciplinarna perspektiva istraživanja obrazovanja odraslih
The Interdisciplinary Perspective of Adult Education Research

Author(s): Nikola Pastuović
Subject(s): Education, Adult Education
Published by: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti - Zavod za znanstvenoistraživački i umjetnički rad u Bjelovaru
Keywords: adult education; andragogy; monodisciplinarity; polydisciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; added scientific value; study of andragogy;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents features of monodisciplinary, polydisciplinary and interdisciplinary research in education, and the application thereof in adult education research. Differences in the presence of the monodisciplinary and the polydisciplinary approaches in the adult education theory (andragogy) of pedagogical origin, and the adult education theory based on educational sciences, are stressed. Furthermore, there exists a trend towards the interdisciplinary research of adult education, and the tendency for andragogy to synthesize the knowledge from other educational sciences in the adult education domain, representing the added scientific value thereof, thanks to which it may be considered a separate educational science. Implications of the scientific development of andragogy in relation to the adult education study are analyzed.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 75-85
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian