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Jin, Bora; Baumgartner, Lisa M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Ageism in today's workplace can have a range of detrimental emotional, psychological, and economic effects on older job seekers. This article highlights types of ageism in the workplace and the most common age-related stereotypes in the hiring process and on the job. We explore how ageism negatively affects the emotional and psychological,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Job Applicants, Age Discrimination, Stereotypes
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Baumgartner, Lisa M.; Jin, Bora; Kim, Junghwan – Adult Learning, 2023
Older adults are a growing population. This article reviews the literature on older adults in "Adult Learning" from its inception in 1989 through 2020. Topics focus primarily on program reports, programmatic learning needs, personal reflections, and classroom methods. Key findings include that "older adult" is not well-defined…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Education, Literature Reviews, Educational History
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Jin, Bora; Lee, Jihyun; Baumgartner, Lisa M. – Educational Gerontology, 2019
While aquatic exercises have been considered one of the most appropriate learning activities for older adult learners because they are safe and beneficial for health, limited evidence exists regarding how older adult learners perceive their learning environment and different learning strategies. Thus, our research explored older adults'…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Older Adults, Aquatic Sports, Exercise
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Jin, Bora; Kim, Junghwan; Baumgartner, Lisa M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2019
This review aims to understand everyday learning of older adults using mobile devices. Specifically, for both academic and practical implications, we wanted to know what theoretical perspectives researchers adopted and how mobile devices play a role in older adults' informal learning. We analyzed 28 empirical studies (15 qualitative, 10…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Learning, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices