The essay highlights the vast inherent power of education and research on education in and for adulthood - making use of the presentation and discussion of a Case Study -. This Case Study deals with the educational needs that is for the quality of the services of an elderly home in a City in northern Italy. The Case Study was conducted consistently with the theoretical-methodological framework of Grounded Theory and Participatory Research-Action. It allows us to capture "in nuce" some of the processes of generative and human change that can be shaped by clarifying the need/willingness to make improvements at the level of In-Service Training, School Training, and the elderly home organization. In sum, it emerges an awareness of the transformative value intrinsic in the "caring" professions. Lastly, the limitations of the research - conducted in COVID-19 time - and also the multiplicity of factors that triggered this beginning of change are considered, as well as the difficult implications of this work, given the dramatic challenges of the current socio-historical and geopolitical context.
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-8707-0455
Chapter Title
Ricerca, teoria e prassi nella formazione adulta. Percorsi e prospettive di formazione adulta
Authors
Liliana Dozza
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0006-6.08
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Book Title
Educazione degli Adulti: politiche, percorsi, prospettive
Book Subtitle
Studi in onore di Paolo Federighi
Editors
Vanna Boffo, Giovanna Del Gobbo, Francesca Torlone
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
248
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0006-6
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0005-9
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0006-6
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0007-3
Series Title
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
Series ISSN
2704-596X
Series E-ISSN
2704-5781