elukogemuste
Elukogemuste is an Estonian term that translates roughly to “life experiences” in English. In educational and sociocultural discourse it denotes the body of knowledge, insights, and skills gained through lived life, as opposed to formal training or theoretical instruction. The term is formed from elu (life) and kogemus (experience), with the possessive/genitive plural ending -te yielding elukogemuste.
Usage of elukogemuste appears in Estonian-language texts dealing with experiential learning, narrative inquiry, and memory studies.
Examples include descriptions of learning grounded in work and caregiving experiences, or analyses of oral histories
Critically, elukogemuste as a concept is not uniformly standardized across disciplines. Its meaning depends on context,