ROLA I ZNACZENIE AKTYWNOŚCI EDUKACYJNEJ I ZAWODOWEJ CZŁOWIEKA STARSZEGO W KONTEKŚCIE PROCESU STARZENIA SIĘ SPOŁECZEŃSTW
FUNCTION AND SIGNIFICANCE IN EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE AGED FIFTY PLUS IN TERMS OF AGEING PROCESS OF THE SOCIETIES

Author(s): Iwona Mandrzejewska-Smól
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Adult Education, Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Profesjologiczne
Keywords: old age;ageing;activating the senior citizens; educational activity; professional activity;
Summary/Abstract: The article has been an attempt at demonstrating how important it is to consider the OAPs getting involved in educational and professional activity and how much strongly it is connected with getting adapted to the old age. According to the concept of activity, the activity is a condition of the emotional balance of an individual, it is a value appreciated by the society and it assumes taking up the activity considering the strength and the potential of the individual. With that in mind, educational and professional activity of the people aged fifty plus assumes various forms depending on the personal preferences and predisposition, or attitudes as well as the life itself before reaching the old age. They are also determined by many various factors the sources of which must be searched for in external factors. The analyses presented are theoretical and empirical in nature. The theoretical part of the article covers the importance of senior citizens being active in terms of getting adapted to the old age and successful ageing as well as educational and professional activity of senior citizens, as compared with other types of activity and its significance in active participation in social life by the elderly as reported in the applicable literature. Theoretical considerations have been extended with the analysis of selected results of own research reported by the author into taking up educational and professional activity by senior-age people in the Kujawy and Pomorze Province.

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