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IntegralAndragogyasaSocialAssistance
Theconceptofintegralandragogy
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meconceptofintegralandragogyoperateswiththepremisethatandragogyis
notonlyapedagogicaldiscipline,whichcoverstheeducationofadults.Itisnot
aliberalartabouthumanbeings,butforhumanbeings.misconceptdevelopedat
thePalackéhouniversityinOlomoucundertheleadershipofdocentJochmann,
prominentCzechandragogueofthe90softhelastcentury.
mefact,thatandragogyisbroadlyconcernedwithindividualandsocialcon-
nectionsofculture,economyandpolitics,andtheneedtodińerentiatethisbroad
interpretationfromthemorenarrowconceptofandragogyasthetheoryofadult
education,leadstowardstheuseofthetermIntegralandragogy.
Maybe,itwouldbemoresuitabletousethetermIntegrative,because:
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andragogyintegratestheviewpointofseveralscientificdisciplinesonthe
possibilitiesandproblemsofassertingoneselfinallareasofsociallife(incultural,
economic,andpoliticalconext);
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andragogyintegratesallstagesindividualcareer;
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andragogyintegratesexaminationsofprocessesandphenomena,whichin-
fluencehumansintheenvironmentofpermanentsocialchanges.
meuniversalformulationcouldbetheschemeofintegralandragogyasan
appliedscienceaboutthemobilizationofhumanresourcesintheenvironmentof
permanentsocialchanges.Humanresourcesanalogicallytoeconomicresources,
couldbeseenasaparticularlevelofqualityofmembersofagivensociety.mis
qualityisdefinedbytwomaincomponents:
1.
culturalcapital(inotherwordstheculturallevelandtheabilitytousein-
formationacquirednotonlybyeducation,butalsobytheinfluenceofthefamily
environment,and
2.
socialcapital(thenetworksofsocialcontacts,links,relationships,etc.).
metermculturalcapitalwasfirstusedbytheFrenchsociologistPierre
Bourdieu,whodefineditasatoolfortakingoversymbolicwealth,whichisconsid-
eredbythesocietytobeappropriatetosearchforandposses.
meculturalcapitaltogetherwiththesocialcapital-inotherwordshuman
capital-constituteanimportantcomponentofthegrowthpotentialofthegiven
society.
Intheenvironmentofpermanentchanges,whichistypicalforthesocietyon
theborderbetweenindustrialismandpost-industrialism,humancapital(human
potential)representsthemostimportant,butalsomostsensitiveandvulnerable
determinantoftheexistenceanddevelopmentofanysociety.Forthatreason,we
needtodedicatecertaincaretoit.Socialeducationprovidesuswiththetheoreti-
calbaseforunderstandingtherelationshipbetweenhumancapitalandchanging
