Training Older Volunteers in Gerontological Research in the United Kingdom: Moving towards an Andragogical and Emancipatory Agenda

Autor/inn/en	Burholt, Vanessa; Nash, Paul; Naylor, Dawn; Windle, Gill
Titel	Training Older Volunteers in Gerontological Research in the United Kingdom: Moving towards an Andragogical and Emancipatory Agenda
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 36 (2010) 9, S.753-780 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Volunteers; Older Adults; Researchers; Training; Gerontology; Data Analysis; Interviews; Research Methodology; Adult Learning; Adult Education; Rural Education; Andragogy; Modeling (Psychology); Active Learning; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freiwilliger; Älterer Erwachsener; Researcher; Forscher; Ausbildung; Gerontologie; Auswertung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Andragogics; Andragogik; Modeling; Modelling; Modellierung; Aktives Lernen; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	In the UK, very few studies have engaged older people in two or more elements of the research process (design, conduct, dissemination). Although there is a body of work on educational gerontology, there are few publications that specifically focus on training older people as coresearchers. This paper reports upon the training program undertaken as part of the Rural North Wales Initiative for the Development of Support for Older People (RuralWIDe). The RuralWIDe training program was built upon principles of andragogy: the art and science of teaching adults. The trainers used lecturing; modeling (observation of another person conducting a task); and active participation (structured guidance, instructions or trial and error, during which the student discovers for him or herself how to perform the task) to teach older volunteers social gerontology, research methods, interview techniques, and data analysis. This paper describes the methods used in RuralWIDe and highlights instances when these were both effective and ineffective. It assesses the study against Rachal's (2002) criteria for andragogy (voluntary participation, adult status, collaboratively determine objectives, performance-based assessment of achievement, measuring satisfaction, appropriate adult learning environment, and technical issues), and it describes when pedagogical assumptions were made by the research team. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10