Abstract
The intentional adult learner is intellectually and emotionally in a perpetual “act of seeking.” The search is for purpose, meaning, humanistic dialogue, self-awareness, creative adventure, and life-affirming experiences. This act of seeking makes the on-going, existential life journey an educational commitment; a continuing involvement with both abstract ideas and concrete reality. Age dims the eyes, not visionary possibilities; slows the reflexes, not the reflective skill that helps define the person as a thinking, questioning, questing being.
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Recommended Citation
Hofford, D.
(2006).
The Adult Learner’s Quest: W.E.B. Du Bois As Vicarious Mentor.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2006/roundtables/5
The Adult Learner’s Quest: W.E.B. Du Bois As Vicarious Mentor
The intentional adult learner is intellectually and emotionally in a perpetual “act of seeking.” The search is for purpose, meaning, humanistic dialogue, self-awareness, creative adventure, and life-affirming experiences. This act of seeking makes the on-going, existential life journey an educational commitment; a continuing involvement with both abstract ideas and concrete reality. Age dims the eyes, not visionary possibilities; slows the reflexes, not the reflective skill that helps define the person as a thinking, questioning, questing being.
