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Learning Later

by: Findsen, Brian

Learning Later

by: Findsen, Brian

ISBN 13:
9781575242187
ISBN 10:
1575242184
Edition: Original
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 09/01/2004
Publisher: Krieger Pub Co
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Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction 1 LIFELONG LEARNING AND EDUCATION IN THE THIRD AGE

(7)

The Structure of This Book

(5)

2. Conceptions of Educational Gerontology

(16)

WHO ARE OLDER ADULTS?

(1)

PHILOSOPHIES OF OLDER ADULTS' EDUCATION

(2)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY

(3)

LIFELONG LEARNING

(3)

A NEW APPROACH TO EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY

(2)

CONCLUSION

(2)

3. Understanding Aging

(20)

THEORIES OF AGING

(5)

Biological Explanations

(2)

Functionalist Explanations

(2)

Anthropological Explanations

(1)

ADULT DEVELOPMENT LITERATURE

(8)

Psychological and Cognitive Approaches

(3)

Perspectives from Life Transitions Approaches

(4)

Sociocultural Approaches

(1)

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGING

(4)

Age Stratification

(1)

Labeling

(1)

Subcultural Explanations

(1)

Social Phenomenology

(1)

CONCLUSION

(2)

4. Aging and Social Change

(20)

INTRODUCTION

(1)

AGING SOCIETIES

(2)

POPULAR IMAGES OF OLDER ADULTS

(2)

MYTHS AND REALITIES OF OLDER ADULTS

(4)

The Myth of Homogeneity

(1)

The Myth of Decrepitude

(1)

The Myth of (In)Dependence

(1)

The Myth of Consumer

(1)

AGEISM AND DISCRIMINATION

(1)

A POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACH

(3)

The Role of the State

(1)

Educational Institutions as Part of the State

(1)

RETIREMENT IN THE (POST) MODERN WORLD

(4)

GENDER AND AGING

(1)

CONCLUSION

(2)

5. Older Adults and Participation

(16)

AN OVERVIEW OF ADULT PARTICIPATION

(10)

Early Studies on Motivation

(3)

Participation in Mainstream Adult Education

(2)

Barriers to Learning for Older Adults

(3)

GETTING BEYOND PARTICIPATION IN MAINSTREAM EDUCATION

(2)

CONCLUSION

(3)

6. Provision of Older Adult Education

(18)

WHAT DOES OLDER ADULT EDUCATION LOOK LIKE?

(7)

Outside the Education Sector

(1)

Inside the Education Sector

(1)

In the Workplace

(2)

PATTERNS OF OLDER ADULTS' TREATMENT AND EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES

(2)

EXEMPLARS OF PROVISION OF OLDER ADULT EDUCATION

(5)

The University of the Third Age (U3A)

(2)

Elder hostel

(2)

Institutes for Learning in Retirement (ILRs)

(1)

ISSUES FACED BY PROVIDERS

(2)

CONCLUSION

(2)

7. Learning for Older Adults in Social Institutions

(16)

LEARNING WITHIN THE FAMILY

100

(2)

INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING

102

(1)

THE CHURCH AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION

103

(2)

THE MEDIA AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION

105

(3)

COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES

108

(2)

THE WORKPLACE AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION

110

(2)

VOLUNTEERING AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION

112

(2)

CONCLUSION

114

(1)

8. Contemporary Issues for Older Adults' Learning

115

(16)

STRUCTURAL LAG AND OLDER ADULTS' RESPONSES

115

(2)

INDEPENDENCE OR INTERDEPENDENCE?

117

(2)

DEMANDS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

119

(4)

CULTURAL VARIATION IN RESPONSES TO AGING

123

(2)

DEALING WITH DEATH AND DYING

125

(2)

SOCIAL POLICY CHALLENGES FOR NATION-STATES

127

(2)

CONCLUSION

129

(2)

9. Towards a Critical Educational Gerontology

131

(14)

WHY IS A CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY NECESSARY?

131

(2)

EMPOWERMENT OF OLDER ADULTS

133

(2)

Discourses Within a Critical Educational Gerontology

134

(1)

REVISITING A POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACH

135

(5)

The Role of the State

135

(1)

Social Class

136

(1)

Gender

137

(1)

Ethnicity

138

(2)

IMPLICATIONS OF THIS POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS

140

(1)

LIFELONG LEARNING AND JUSTICE ISSUES

140

(1)

IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTITIONERS

141

(4)

Critical Questioning

142

(1)

Going Beyond Needs Assessment

142

(1)

Providers Accepting Responsibility

143

(1)

Strategic Advocacy

143

(2)

References

145

(12)

Index

157

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