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Education for Older Adults.
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The developments and changes in the concept of education for older adults during the last two decades are reviewed in this paper, where the origin of the terms third age and educational gerontology are discussed also and the issue of nonlegitimation is raised.Abstract:
The developments and changes in the concept of ‘education for older adults’ during the last two decades are reviewed in this article. The origin of the terms ‘third age’ and ‘educational gerontology’ are discussed also and the issue of non-legitimation is raised.read more
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User study on older adults’ use of the Web and search engines
TL;DR: An “elderly friendly” search user interface is proposed based on the observations of older adults using search engines for finding information from the Web.
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A Review and Critique of the Portrayal of Older Adult Learners in Adult Education Journals, 1980-2006:
TL;DR: The aging population is a worldwide challenge as discussed by the authors and understanding how older adults have been portrayed would provide a foundation on which future scholarship can build, which would be helpful to future scholars.
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More than nickels and dimes: the health benefits of a community‐based lifelong learning programme for older adults
TL;DR: In Canada, as in many countries, public continuing education of the non-vocational general interest type for people in post-work languishes on the margins of political discourse.
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Learning in Later Life: What Seniors Want in a Learning Experience.
Deborah L. Duay,Valerie C. Bryan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study explored the perceptions of 36 older learners on effective and ineffective learning experiences, finding that effective learning experiences are involving, the instructor is a key component in the classroom and familiar or relevant topics are interesting.
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Exploring influences on later life learning
TL;DR: The first stage of a two-year research project that aimed to move the focus to older learners themselves is discussed in this paper, where the aim was to construct a conceptual model of life course influences on older people's learning that could be tested in a subsequent stage of the research.
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Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society
TL;DR: The Specter of Decline: Fear of an Aging Society as mentioned in this paper is a collection of articles about aging in the post-industrial society, focusing on the role of the state and the welfare state.
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Educational Gerontology: The State Of The Art.
TL;DR: Educational gerontology is a field of study and practice that has recently developed at the interface of adult education and social gerontological practice.
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Introduction to Educational Gerontology
TL;DR: Moody as discussed by the authors discusses the life cycle and the role of education in the development of a philosophy of aging, H.R.Bolton uniting the generations, J.C.Metal-Corbin and D.E.Corbin career education for the preparation of practioners in gerontology with special reference to adult educators.
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Good Practice in the Education and Training of Older Adults
TL;DR: This chapter discusses participation and provision, aspects of participation the provision of learning opportunities concepts of good practice, and redefining good practice.