Learning across generations in Europe : contemporary issues in older adult education / edited by Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha, Sabina Jelenc Krašovec and Marvin Formosa.

"Learning across generations in Europe: Contemporary issues in older adult education constitutes an important book in the emergent field of study of older adult learning. The book gives a clear and wide overview on the different concepts, ideas, and meanings, related to older adults? education,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Brill)
Other Authors: Schmidt-Hertha, Bernhard, 1973- (Editor), Krašovec, Sabina Jelenc (Editor), Formosa, Marvin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Boston : Sense Publishers, [2014]
Series:Research on the education and learning of adults ; volume no. 2.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS (ESREA); 1. INTRODUCTION: Older Adult Education and Intergenerational Learning; THE STORY SO FAR; CONTENT AND STRUCTURE; REFERENCES; SECTION 1: THEORY AND POLICY ISSUES; 2. LIFELONG LEARNING IN LATER LIFEL: Policies and Practices; INTRODUCTION; OLDER ADULT LEARNING; POLICY AND OLDER ADULT LEARNING; GOOD PRACTICE IN OLDER ADULT LEARNING; FUTURE POLICY DIRECTIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3. OLDER MEN'S LEARNING AND CONVIVIALITY; INTRODUCTION
  • MOVING FROM CONVENTIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO THE PERIPHERYDRAWING CONCLUSIONS ABOUT OLDER MEN LEARNING; OLDER MEN AS LEARNERS: SOME INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; PROLIFERATION OF MEN'S SHEDS; MEN'S SHEDS REVEALED; Evidence of one shed's engagement with and contribution to its community; An academic's blog response to the conviviality of men's sheds; Personalising men's sheds as a form of intergenerational practice; DISCUSSION: CONVIVIALITY, SHEDS AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION; Would Illich and Freire Have Liked Men's Sheds?; CONCLUSION: LIFELONG AND LIFEWIDE LEARNING BY OLDER MEN
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTNOTES; REFERENCES; 4. EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT IN LATER LIFE; INTRODUCTION; ADULT EDUCATION; FROM EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY ... ; ... TO CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 5. E-LEARNING: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OLDER PERSONS; INTRODUCTION; ICT AS A LEARNING FIELD; OLDER ADULTS AND MEDIA USE; E-LEARNING IN TEACHING AND LEARNING SITUATIONS; e-Learning as a Diffuse Term; Different Forms of e-Learning; Benefits of e-Learning; EXISTING E-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLDER PERSONS; Existing Opportunities of e-Learning Programmes
  • Integration of e-Learning into Educational ProgrammesPROBLEMS CONCERNING THE USE OF E-LEARNING IN EDUCATION SETTINGS FOR OLDER PERSONS; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES; REFERENCES; 6. OLDER ADULTS AS ACTIVE LEARNERS IN THE COMMUNITY; INTRODUCTION; OLDER ADULTS AND LEARNING IN PORTUGAL: A GENERAL PICTURE; OLDER ADULTS AND LEARNING: THE ROLE OF POLICY; OLDER ADULTS AND LEARNING: THE ROLE OF ADULT EDUCATION; CONCLUDING REMARKS; AKNOWLEDGMENT; NOTES; REFERENCES; SECTION 2: PARTICIPATION AND PROGRAMMES; 7. CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR LEARNING: Frameworks for Older Adult Learning; INTRODUCTION
  • CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING OLDER ADULTSGerontagogy and Geragogy1: The German Origins; Educational Gerontology Conceptualised by Peterson; Three Specific Approaches that Use the Terms Geragogy and Gerontagogy; Critical Gerogogy; Gerontagogy as One Part of a Dual Approach; Geragogy Based on Humanistic Psychology; Full Continuing Education6; OBSERVATIONS: ANALOGIES AND DIFFERENCES; Analogies; Main Difference: Argumentation of Epistemological Anchorage; Two Different Epistemological Foundations: Gerontology and Education Sciences