Fresh Perspectives on Later Life Learning

ISBN-13: 9780367587963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 120 str.

Brian Findsen

Opis

This book highlights how older people are learning in a myriad of ways and conditions. Fresh perspectives are provided on biographical insights into retirement and higher education, how older people generate know-how in the company of others and in cross-cultural aspects. It was originally published as a special issue of International J

Spis treści

Introduction  1.Retirement, learning and the role of Higher Education  2. Older learning engagement in the modern city  3.The company of others: generating knowhow in later life  4. Ageing, learning and health: making connections  5. Age Friendly Universities and engagement with older adults: moving from principles to practice  6. Learning in later life: a bicultural perspective from Aotearoa/New Zealand  7. Later life learning experiences: listening to the voices of Chinese elders in Hong Kong

O autorze

Brian Findsen is currently a professor of (Adult) Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand. He teaches adult education/lifelong learning courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His main research interests are in learning in later life, international adult education and social equity issues.