Educational and Autoeducational Value of Autobiographical Writings

Abstract

Recently, the high educational and autoeducational value, functions and meanings of autobiographical writings, as evidenced by the numerous studies and research about (i.e. Demetrio, Alberici, Merrill, West, etc.), gas been increasingly discovered and widespread. The autobiographical writings, in fact, allow you to retrace your life, events, people, places, the most important objects, to discover new meanings to the experiences, to be able to orient themselves in decision-making, interpersonal relationships, to plan efficiently your lives, to produce new knowledge and learning, to feel satisfaction and wellbeing too. This paper will present some results of a research based on an original autobiographical format administered to a group of adults attending a yoga class or yoga trainers, in order to analyze the meanings that they have recognized about some events and choices during their lifetime, in a lifelong and lifewide learning and education perspective.