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Work on transformative learning and Bildung remains little known and utilized in France, yet there is another emancipatory tradition of adult education, one that is both “developmental and existential” and that connects self-education, or self-formation (autoformation in French), to the development of adult autonomy.
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Eneau, J. (2017). From Self-Directed Learning to Self-Formation: Transforming the Self through Bildung?. In: Laros, A., Fuhr, T., Taylor, E.W. (eds) Transformative Learning Meets Bildung. International Issues in adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-797-9_14
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