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Issues in Learning and Education for the Ageing

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Part of the book series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ((EDAP,volume 15))

Abstract

The population is ageing worldwide. This chapter is a discussion of issues in ageing, the importance of learning and education for the elderly, and then the more specific issues of why, how and what elders want to learn.

This chapter is adapted from Boulton-Lewis, G. M. (2009). Education and learning for the elderly: Why, how, what. Educational Gerontology, 36(3), 213–228.

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Notes

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    Maintained.

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    Vulnerable.

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    Third age: 60–80, fourth age: 80+.

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    As Willis (2006) notes, this need might be a short-term phenomenon as elders in 10 years time will have had much more exposure to internet use.

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Boulton-Lewis, G.M. (2012). Issues in Learning and Education for the Ageing. In: Boulton-Lewis, G., Tam, M. (eds) Active Ageing, Active Learning. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2111-1_3

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