This study aims to clarify the meaning of experiential learning of middle-aged, who participated in group autobiography writing and to deduce implications for group autobiography writing and lifelong education. For the purpose of this study, group autobiography writing process has been reviewed through the experiential learning theory of Kolb (Kolb 1984).
The conclusion of study is as follows; First, in the first step of experiential learning, The concrete experience, the ‘recalling activity’, ‘Priming the Pump’, ‘Learning among the group’ and ‘communications between generations.’ Second, in view of reflection observation, it was found that ‘reflecting on past experiences’, ‘reflection on experiences in social context: me in history and culture’ and reflecting on the way of writing autobiography.’ Third, in the conceptualization stage of abstractions, they have recognized the autography writing as ‘Self-acceptance’, ‘Self-expression’, ‘relation recovery with people surrounding them.’and ‘Generalize the autography writing: retrospect, looking the circumstance and expectation’. Fourth, in the experimental experiments, they actively narratives of his personal life focusing on self-development and second life design based on finding a professional strategy. In addition, they has realized that their parents are independent personalities as a human being and began to “HYO”(in Korean word meaning filial piety).
Through the various meanings of the group autobiography writing experience learning, it was found that autobiography writing is a very useful lifelong education program for middle ages. On the other hands, It has found that the group autobiography writing can be a tool for development of variety of lifelong learning such as ‘inter-generation communication’, ‘humanities’ and ‘Inmate correction’.