ABSTRACT
In the research project 'In Search of the Meaning of Education', we are studying the meaning of education and learning in the lives of people who live in a swiftly changing society with expanding education and learning opportunities - in our case in Finland (Antikainen, 1991). In addition to formal education, we are interested in adult education and other less formal ways of acquiring knowledge and skills. Our conception of meaning refers both to our method and to our theory.
