Dijalog andragogije i umjetnosti kao prilog razvoju metodike obrazovanja odraslih
Dialogue between Andragogy and Art as a Contribution to Adult Teaching Methodology Development

Author(s): Mirjana Mavrak
Subject(s): Education, Adult Education, Sociology of Art, Pedagogy
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Keywords: dialogue; methodology of adult education; andragogy; hermeneutics; art content in andragogical work; ludus;
Summary/Abstract: The methodology of teaching in Adult Education is a transdisciplinary science – the part of its essence is grounded in Andragogy as a science of teaching and educating adults while the other part belongs to a colorful space of human activity. Unlike the methodologies for teaching children in schools, which are typically academically oriented and focused on specific subjects, the methodology of teaching adults has been problemoriented. Adults, drawing upon their rich life experience and prior knowledge engage in education for the purpose of life quality improvement. The concept of life quality is subjective and often hinges on interpretation, which is a skill rooted in hermeneutics. Science supports cognitive understanding, but sensibility of meaning which people assign to phenomena, reveals, in a subtle way, art. Therefore, art inclusion in standard andragogical work provides a necessary tool for work with adults. Science-art dialogue contributes to human life quality. This paper affirms the dialogue between andragogy and art as a contribution to the methodology of teaching in adult education, understanding methodology as an act of transforming an adult life, and supporting the idea that the work with adults should be permeated with playing (to ludify education sciences) at least as much as an artist must research (making ludus scientific) before presenting their work for recognition and enjoyment by the audience.

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