From Seal to Continuous Journey: A Retired Woman's Life Narrative of Her Participation of Learning and Social Activities

• Main Authors: TUNG, BEN-NA, 童本娜
• Other Authors: HO, CHING-JUNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/aqb83x

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 成人教育研究所 === 106 === Abstract The researcher faced 2 major fractures at her middle age, unplanned retirement from her career at 46 and the bereft of her spouse at 53. The researcher got out of the dilemma by positive learning and social activities participation to rebuild herself. The researcher use narrative and life review to accompany female by her personal background. This paper is made by qualitative research through narrative analysis. The researcher is the main body to use ship as a metaphor and build the self-construction after personal retirement; furthermore to study and research the relation between personal and social culture. From the research, the process of the self-construction was mutually influenced by feminism and civic literacy of the social culture, and integrates the personal experience to social culture to come into the following conclusions. Life Narrative: the research thinks the female life experience could be given new meaning by narrative structure and rebuild. Life narrative helps to adjust and consolidate personal view and life meaning and prepare to enter next life period. Female learning: the research concludes 1) The retired female could rebuild self-image by extracting life experience and learning. 2) The social support and positive relation could help female learning. 3) The adult learning is the best way to promote civic literacy and civic participation. The Social culture and self-construction: 1) The social culture vein female faced is clearer; the self-constructed process will be more smother. 2) The female learning including sexual difference will affect female awareness construction and the promotion of social participation directly and exactly. 3) Social participation plays the driving and practicing role in the self-construction; not only to cultivate the necessary civic literacy, but also fulfill the need of self- achievement to increase the female autonomy and happiness. According to the conclusion, the researcher would like to submit the related suggestions to the retired female or the female of the same circumstance, the education unit and the follow-up research.