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The ontological aspects of Freire’s theory are central to this task. Freire’s ontological understanding of the human experience finds its fulfilment in his theory of conscientization. The two pillars of conscientization are personal and collective awareness. And it is the personal awareness aspect, as it relates to the pedagogy of the adult educator, which we are most concerned with here. The paper highlights how the voices of adult educators should be considered as an ontological‘layer of data’ which can contribute hugely to the discourse on adult education in Ireland.  \nKeywords: Critical Pedagogy, Ontological, Conscientization, Metaphysical, Existentialism  \nIntroduction  \nI don’t want tobe imported or exported. It is impossible to export pedagogical practices without reinventing them. Please tell your fellow educators not to import me. Ask them to re-create and re-write my ideas (Freire, 2005, p.58) .  \nIn recent years the voices of adult learners have, rightly, been to the fore in the discussions relating to adult education in Ireland. This is a very good and necessary thing. However, we should embrace what the adult educator has to say about adult education. At a time when the growth of an audit culture in education is limiting educators to ‘hold tightly to the familiar and cleave to the immediately applicable’, the voices of the educators are more necessary than ever (Finnegan, 2016, p.49) . It is important to listen these voices as these key stakeholders in adult education have much to say about the educational relationship with the learner and other aspects of adult education and how it impacts on society, the learner, and the educators themselves. After all, adult education speaks to people’s highest aspirations (Fleming, 2004) .  \nThe ontological aspects in Freire’s writings were used to inform the epistemological element of the research. By ‘ontological aspects’, we mean those parts of Freire’s theory which deal with the nature of being. These phenomena were used then to ‘inform the epistemological element’ of the research. They helped the study to utilise the voices of adult educators to become themselves part of the emerging theory of knowledge. This was done in an attempt to examine those aspects of adult education practice which can only be considered in a metaphysical way, without the constraints of scientism and the technocratic biases which that process incurs. It is of great importance that adult education practice be examined in a metaphysical way, as it is the metaphysical realm of life that perhaps can tell us most about the human experience and what it is to be human, helping us to transcend what is physical or natural. The I-thou relationship is the most obvious of these phenomena. In explicitly ‘adult education’ experiences I can give anecdotal examples of parents reading to their children, an adult literacy learner being able to send his wife a birthday card (‘for the first time in 32 years of marriage’), and other examples of how developing education can enhance someone’s experience of the world.  \nThe subjects of this research were adult educators who are at present practising in Ireland. The pedagogy of the adult educator was under investigation. The two primary aims ofthe research were:  \n• To investigate the use of Freirean concepts in the practice of Irish adult educators in order to highlight the metaphysical aspects of adult education practice  \n• To suggest principles which will be useful in investigating Irish adult education practice  \nWhen discussing the findings, in light of Freire’s theory, there will also be a consideration of how the opinions and views of adult educators can contribute to the current discourse in Irish adult education. The central idea of this paper is that,","cbCaii4lSYBF6FMC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii4lSYBF6FMC","pdf",247220,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## The Research Paradigm: Ontological and Epistemological Considerations","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the paper?\",\"answer\":\"To use Paulo Freire’s teachings to give voice to Irish adult educators and to show how Freirean ontology can inform adult education discourse.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper connect conscientization to adult educators’ pedagogy?\",\"answer\":\"It identifies personal and collective awareness as pillars of conscientization, focusing on personal awareness as it relates to the adult educator’s pedagogy.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the paper mean by treating educators’ voices as an “ontological layer of data”?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that adult educators’ ongoing practice contains ontological knowledge that contributes to understanding adult education beyond technocratic framing.\"}]","The Educational Ontology of Paulo Freire and the Voices of Irish Adult Educators | PDF",1792066095]