Life-Span Learning: A Developmental Perspective

Autor/in	Thornton, James E.
Titel	Life-Span Learning: A Developmental Perspective
Quelle	In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 57 (2003) 1, S.55-76 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-4150
Schlagwörter	Learning Processes; Learning Strategies; Adult Development; Models; Lifelong Learning; Aging (Individuals); Metacognition; Individual Development; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning process; Lernprozess; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Erwachsenwerden; Analogiemodell; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Aging; Altern; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Individuelle Entwicklung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	The article discusses learning as embedded processes of development and aging, and as social activity over the life course. The concept of life-span learning is proposed and outlined to discuss these processes as aspects of and propositions in life-span development and aging theory. Life-span learning processes arise and continuously develop in a dynamically complex body, brain, and the mind they support as essential features of development and aging over the life course. Life-span learning processes are established by evolutionary adaptive mechanisms, enriched by challenging environments, and continuously developed in supportive social structures. These ideas are derived from evolutionary biology and psychology, the cognitive sciences, life-span development and aging research, and adult development and learning studies. It is argued that life-span learning activities that challenge the body-mind-brain nexus are indispensable to optimize individual development and aging. Three global interventions and their strategies are discussed that enhance life-span learning: Learning to Learn, Learning for Growth, and Learning for Well-being. (Contains 12 footnotes and 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10