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Direct linkScrivano, Rachel M.; McCullock, Seth P. – Communication Teacher, 2022
Ageism is highly prevalent, especially among college students. However, efforts to reduce ageism largely take place in helping professions. This activity seeks to promote positive perceptions toward older adults and aging among communication undergraduate students through gerontological education, a positive intergeneration contact experience, a…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Reflection
Download full textXinyuan Zeng; Prasert Ruannakarn – Higher Education Studies, 2023
China's elderly population is on the rise, and there is a growing need for improved education for professionals in geriatric health care and management. "Age-Friendly Interior Design" is a mandatory component of the curriculum for students majoring in aged care and management. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) has been introduced as an…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Geriatrics, Teaching Methods
Radka Bužgová; Radka Kozáková; Katka Bobcíková; Hana Matejovská Kubešová – Educational Gerontology, 2024
The aim of this uncontrolled interventional study was to determine the effect of a yearly educational course within the University of the Third Age on quality of life, life satisfaction, sense of coherence, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, attitudes toward old age, and older people's perception of social support. The population included 121…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Residential Institutions, Adult Education, Aging Education
Oh, Chorong; Bong, Jiyae – Educational Gerontology, 2021
This study was designed to investigate the impacts of self-arranged nursing home observation sessions on healthcare students' attitudes toward older adults. Sixty-seven undergraduate students enrolled in a gerontology course were required to complete an attitudes survey at the beginning and the end of the semester. In addition, they conducted 3…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Diaries, Nursing Homes
Nikzad-Terhune, Katherina; Graf, Allyson S.; Kim, Suk-hee – Educational Gerontology, 2022
The importance of gerontology-focused classroom and field education has been emphasized heavily in social work education for decades as the population of older adults continues to expand, as does the need to provide services to support the health and well-being of older adults. Although the need for social workers and other professionals who…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Gerontology, Older Adults, Metropolitan Areas
Li, Jie – Educational Gerontology, 2022
The development of educational gerontology (EG) policies in mainland China has gone through two stages, the social welfare stage (1982-2000) and the lifelong learning stage (2001-present), and a rudimentary system of EG provisions and legislation has been formed. Although a system of EG practices in mainland China has also been built under the…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Lifelong Learning
