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Older Adult Education - A Guide to Research, Programs, and Policies (Hardcover)
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Older Adult Education - A Guide to Research, Programs, and Policies (Hardcover)
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This very first comprehensive book-length reference guide dealing
with older adult education synthesizes current information about
theoretical developments with specific practical details about the
latest programs, policies, and research in the field. It is unique
in placing the subject of lifelong learning into historical
perspectives, discussing ways in which programs have been
transformed over the last 15 to 20 years, and in considering the
impact of institutional policies on older adult education. This
guide points to demographic trends relating to aging and older
learners; discusses older learner motives in relation to program
missions and rationales; describes new opportunities for
retirement-age people and the special role of education today;
reviews the history of 12 different types of programs; compares
five community-based model programs in college and universities,
senior centers, shopping centers, and churches and synagogues;
considers computer and electronic learning programs; reviews
research and programs dealing with intergenerational education; and
assesses future prospects in the field. Appendices describe
important organizations, programs, sources of information, state
tuition waiver policies, and other guidelines and data. Relevant
statistics, research findings, numerous tables, original documents,
and anecdotes about the experiences of older learners further
enrich this state-of-the discipline reference guide for academic,
professional, and public libraries and broad audiences of teachers,
students, professionls, and general readers concerned with older
Americans.
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