The aim of the project " Education - The Challenge of the Later Years - Life and Learn" is to improve the education of " third and fourth age people." It will consequently reduce the marginalization of people over 60 years old.
The target group consists of elderly people who need a wider range of educational activities.
It is necessary to create training materials for educators in the areas of leisure, health, talent development. Elderly people meet a number of barriers making their come back to learning difficult.
The barriers may include:
perceiving oneself as too old
fragile health
mobility difficulties.
lack of companionship.
too little information
Until the middle of the 20th century, psychological research on the education of older people was dominated by the deficit model.
This model describes the process of aging by means of reduced cognitive and intellectual abilities. Currently attention is rather on the resources available for older people.
This project responds to these resource needs by providing:
Education based on realistic problems - seeking and finding solutions to problems.
Support in dealing with critical moments in an adults’ lives.
Acquiring new knowledge and skills.
Overcoming anxiety, fear and, in some cases, shyness.
Inspiring, encouraging and motivating.
The participants of the project are teachers, coaches, workers for partner organizations and people over 60 years of age.
The main objective of the project is to improve learning opportunities for older people in partner countries and the specific objectives are:
To increase the education of the third and fourth age people
To improve the social acceptance for the period of old age as a stage of life.
Partners:
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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