Learning to Manage Change in the Third Age

Autor/in	Innocent, Natasha
Titel	Learning to Manage Change in the Third Age
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 21 (2010) 10, S.10-11 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Lifelong Learning; Older Adults; Museums; Archives; Library Role; Skill Development; Preretirement Education; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Information Sources; Self Management; Foreign Countries; Social Change; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Älterer Erwachsener; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Archivwesen; Archiv; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Information source; Informationsquelle; Selbstmanagement; Ausland; Sozialer Wandel; Großbritannien
Abstract	Everyone is living through a period of considerable demographic change, which is predicted to continue and escalate. People are living longer and, generally, healthier lives, and the lifelong learning system in the UK needs to catch-up with this new reality. There is a need for a much more flexible approach that offers choice and opportunities to people in the third age--those aged between 51 and 75--to combine work with caring responsibilities or to move into different roles that better suit their personal circumstances. There is also a need for a lifelong learning system that recognises that people are no longer retiring "en masse" at 60 or 65. Many are now choosing to remain in the workforce into their 70s, and are valued for their experience and skills, but this also means that older workers will need to develop new skills and be supported to do so. People aged 51-75 are already making a massive contribution to the society through the amount of active volunteering they are engaged in. Museums, in particular, but libraries and archives too, all benefit from older volunteers. In this article, the author considers what lifelong learning--and museums, libraries and archives, in particular--can do to help people in the third age manage the transition from full-time work to a mix of work, caring or volunteering. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10