Older Adults: Learning in the Third Age. Information Series No. 358.

Autor/in	Wolf, Mary Alice
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	Older Adults: Learning in the Third Age. Information Series No. 358.
Quelle	(1994), (78 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Learning; Age Differences; Aging (Individuals); Cognitive Processes; Constructivism (Learning); Coping; Educational Gerontology; Lifelong Learning; Literature Reviews; Older Adults; Psychological Characteristics; Psychosocial Development; Sex Role; Social Adjustment; Socioeconomic Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Aging; Altern; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Bewältigung; Geragogics; Geragogik; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Älterer Erwachsener; Psychosoziale Entwicklung; Geschlechterrolle; Soziale Anpassung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	This review examines and synthesizes literature about persons over 60--the Third Age--particularly as they engage in learning. It spans the literature of psychology, sociology, gerontology, education, and other fields, connecting them through four constructs: the inner life, cognitive changes of aging, psychosocial development, and socioeconomic factors. The first section discusses the construct of meaning-making, how individuals come to make sense of their changing worlds by creating personal schemata. A discussion of life review materials is presented. The second section focuses on the literature of cognitive changes related to aging. It includes conceptual and data-based literature on learning, memory, and adaptation and presents some implications for practitioners and suggestions for further focus on cognition and the area of self-management. The third section explores psychosocial development, the basis for contemporary models of growth. It analyzes a variety of materials on such topics as rites of passage and gender and identity. The fourth section discusses some socioeconomic factors of aging that affect the need for learning. Studies of education for self-sufficiency, health, and financial management are explored. A summary of the literature review and speculation about the direction and structure of the field of educational gerontology conclude the review. Contains 256 references and a list of resources for program development. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Publications, Center on Education and Training for Employment, 1900 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1090 (order no. IN358, $7 plus $3.50 postage/handling).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01