| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 家庭教育研究所 === 94 === The Study of the Lived Experiences
of Middle-Aged Male Teachers
Lin Ming-Liang
Graduate Institute of Family Education
National Chiayi University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of five middle-aged（age 51-62）male teachers during their empty-nested stage, and to understand the feelings on their empty-nested life world, the relations of their marriage and parent-child, the adaptation in their empty-nested life, and ways to rebuild their own lives.
The study was based on hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. The researcher used the semi-structured in-depth interviews to collect texts. After analyzing the data through thematic analysis and intersubjective agreement and checking between the researcher and interviewers. Also, four essential common themes were identified.
There were respectively four common themes as followed: first, empty-nested experience: having mixed feeling in mind, facing adult children leaving home. Secondly, realizing fathering: rebuilding the parent-child relations, practicing attentively to be as a father. Third, couple intimacy: enhancing marriage satisfaction, conjugal love is as, even more than before. Fourth, self reconstruction: reconstructing their own lives, generativity and concerning wins honor and distinction for the world.
Finally, some discussions, and reflections were presented to the readers. In addition, several suggestions were proposed for middle-aged male teachers, adult children, governmental policies, family education practicians, and future research.
Key words: empty-nested stage, middle-aged male teachers, lived experience
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