Education: A Possibility for Empowering Older Adults

Autor/inn/en	Kump, Sonja; Krasovec, Sabina Jelenc
Titel	Education: A Possibility for Empowering Older Adults
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 26 (2007) 6, S.635-649 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
Schlagwörter	Older Adults; Foreign Countries; Social Isolation; Academic Achievement; Educational Research; Higher Education; Adult Education; Nonschool Educational Programs; Individual Power; Motivation; Quality of Working Life; Life Satisfaction; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Ausland; Soziale Isolation; Schulleistung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Eigeninitiative; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Arbeitsqualität; Lebensvollendung; Slowenien
Abstract	Educating older adults (in the so-called third age) is becoming an increasingly important activity for the elderly, above all because it empowers them, while at the same time reducing their social exclusion. The aim of this paper is to closely examine the actual state of affairs and the education possibilities for older adults in Slovenia. The article deals with a secondary analysis of data that was collected in three Slovene researches dealing with the participation of adults in the education process in 1987, 1998 and 2004. The purpose of the analysis is to examine the changes in the participation of the older adults, their motivation for education and barriers that have dissuaded them from education. Special attention is devoted to the development of the offer of educational programmes for older adults in Slovenia. The authors state that the offer of education for older adults has improved between 1987 and 2004, while the participation has declined. The older adults mentioned a number of various barriers that represent the reasons for the decline in their participation, however the major obstacle is the low educational level of older adults. (Contains 1 table and 8 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10