Learning across Generations in Europe: Contemporary Issues in Older Adult Education / Edited by Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha; Sabina Jelenc Krašovec; Marvin Formosa.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph.

English.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK! Learning across Generations in Europe: Contemporary issues in older adult education constitutes an important book in the emergent field of study of older adult learning. The book gives a clear and wide overview on the different concepts, ideas, and meanings, related to older adults' education, learning and intergenerational learning through strong theoretical standpoints, empirical research, and policy directions. The field of older adult education has expanded immensely in recent years since it raised questions that are connected to a rapidly ageing society in very turbulent times of economic and social changes in Europe. This book provides the basis for an in-depth analysis of the understandings and interpretations of education and learning in later-life, rethinking the development of different approaches for education of older adults, as well as diverse research and evaluation of different forms of older adults' education and learning. It brings together both orthodox approaches to educational gerontology and older adult learning on important emerging issues faced by educators around the globe. The chapters address the contemporary differentiated discussion on diverse phenomena labelled ranging from intergenerational learning to older men learning, providing robust impulses for the development of further theoretical and empirical research on older adult and intergenerational learning. It is the editors' intention that this collection of papers acts as a persuasive argument for formal and non-formal learning agencies to open more doors for older adults.

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Preliminary Material / Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha , Sabina Jelenc Krašovec and Marvin Formosa -- Introduction / Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha , Sabina Jelenc Krašovec and Marvin Formosa -- Lifelong Learning in Later Life / Marvin Formosa -- Older Men's Learning and Conviviality / Barry Golding -- Education and Empowerment in Later Life / Esmeraldina Veloso and Paula Guimarães -- E-learning: An Opportunity for Older Persons / Veronika Thalhammer -- Older Adults as Active Learners in the Community / António Fragoso -- Conceptual Basis for Learning / Dominique Kern -- Temporary Exit from Employment / Alfredo Alfageme -- Lifelong Learning and Skills Development in the Context of Innovation Performance / Tarja Tikkanen -- Learning for Disadvantaged Seniors / Georgios K. Zarifis -- Voluntary Work as the Seniors' Space for Learning / Małgorzata Malec-Rawiński -- Different Concepts of Generation and Their Impact on Intergenerational Learning / Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha -- What Grows in Gardens? / Barry J. Hake -- Intergenerational Learning in Different Contexts / Sonja Kump and Sabina Jelenc Krašovec -- Older Adults as Active Members of Non-Governmental Organisations / Irena Žemaitaitytė -- Intergenerational Learning and Social Capital / Ann-Kristin Boström -- Conclusion / Marvin Formosa , Sabina Jelenc Krašovec and Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha -- About the Contributors / Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha , Sabina Jelenc Krašovec and Marvin Formosa.

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