The purpose of this study was to identify and to describe, phenomenologically, the essence of the learning experiences of machine design technicians. Data were gathered from 12 purposely selected working machine design technicians through Seidman`s three stepped in-depth interviews. Via the phenomenological reduction, 12 portraits of learning experiences and thematic descriptions of machine design technicians` learning experiences were made. As conclusions, the main variances of machine design technicians learning experiences result from the interaction of the technicians with other men and surrounding things. The phenomenological research reveals many phenmena which hitherto have not been shown by usual adult learning theories. As a recommendations, the study of adult learning theories should be complemented by phenomenological study to reveal the actual essence of it for each concrete research target. Enterprise should be the place where vivid inter-human and with-material interactions flourish
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