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Education for whom and why? Managing the educational process of senior citizens
Education for whom and why? Managing the educational process of senior citizens

Author(s): Żanetta Kaczmarek
Subject(s): Sociology of Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: lifelong education; successful ageing; university of the third age; health behaviours; educational programme

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Determine student programme preferences in the context of a diagnosis of their behaviour in terms of maintaining good health. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: How may the educational process be organized? What programme content do students expect? What behaviour, in terms of maintaining good health, do they exhibit? Methods: diagnostic survey, narrative interview, observation. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: It is demanded of our civilization that we engage in lifelong learning. The process of educating senior citizens demands diagnostic research, with a concern for its effects. REASERCH RESULTS: The optimalization and management of the educational process: preparing an instructional programme with effective content and methods. CONCLUSION, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: the programme should facilitate the participation of the community and prepare people to anticipate events; intergenerational cooperation is recommended.

  • Issue Year: 17/2018
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 19-29
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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