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Ruth, Jan-Erik – Adult Education in Finland, 1983
Gerontological research started in Finland comparatively late. These research efforts have been limited in scope in the past. Theory building was scarce, as well as multidisciplinary efforts to investigate concommitantly different levels of aging. (SSH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Educational Gerontology, Life Style
Direct linkPerlman, Daniel – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
This article provides a commentary on a set of five other articles reporting European and Canadian studies of loneliness among seniors. It places those works involving Canadian, Dutch, Finnish, and Welsh samples in the larger context of research on loneliness; offers reflections on the methods and findings reported in the articles; and addresses…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Social Isolation, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Peer reviewedSicker, Martin; And Others – Ageing International, 1994
Includes "The Paradox of Productive Aging" (Sicker); "Beyond Productive Aging" (Riley, Riley); "Changing Concepts; Visionary or Short-Sighted" (Holstein); "Making Aging Meaningful" (Glanz, Neikrug); and "Perspectives on Productive Aging from Austria, Bolivia, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Venezuela."…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Developmental Stages, Economic Factors
Tikkanen, Tarja – Adult Education in Finland, 1990
Presents premises of educational services directed at the aged, how the services have been implemented, and criticisms of services. Reviews vocational and general education for the aged and examines research conducted in Finland on education for the aged. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Educational Gerontology, Foreign Countries
Panhelainen, Mauri – Life and Education in Finland, 1991
Discusses the role of universities in providing adult and continuing education programs. Includes sections on teaching educational science as distance education, summer universities, liberal adult education, and older students. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAchte, Kalle – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1988
Claims elderly suicides are more frequent, and more likely to be multifactorial, including loneliness, isolation, depression, somatic illnesses, having suffered numerous losses, and injuries to the self-esteem (concerns regarding emptiness, uselessness, and body image). Aggressive impulses previously neutralized by work and social life now break…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Body Image, Conflict Resolution
PDF pending restorationStultz, Erma, Ed. – 1986
This report, written in popular education style and designed to be readable both by adult educators and by the people with whom they work, describes a week-long meeting of the World Assembly of Adult Education. Under the general themes "Where are we?""Where are we going?" and How to do it" the report provides synopses of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
