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A Review and Critique of the Portrayal of Older Adult Learners in Adult Education Journals, 1980-2006
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Chen, Li-Kuang; Kim, Young Sek; Moon, Paul; Merriam, Sharan B. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2008
The aging population is a worldwide challenge. Understanding how older adults have been portrayed would provide a foundation on which future scholarship can build. This study assesses and critiques the assumptions underlying the portrayal of older adults and their learning in adult education journals from 1980 to 2006. On reviewing 93 articles in…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Retirement
Motivations for Learning Among Older Adults in a Learning in Retirement Institute
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Kim, Ahjin; Merriam, Sharan B. – Educational Gerontology, 2004
As the population of older adults increases, the field of adult education needs to respond accordingly. The study reported in this paper examined motivations for learning among older adults actively engaged in formal lifelong learning. One hundred eighty-nine members of a Learning in Retirement institute were surveyed using Boshier's Education…
Descriptors: Retirement, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Older Adults
Motivations for Learning Among Older Adults in a Learning in Retirement Institute
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Kim, Ahjin; Merriam, Sharan B. – Educational Gerontology, 2004
As the population of older adults increases, the field of adult education needs to respond accordingly. The study reported in this paper examined motivations for learning among older adults actively engaged in formal lifelong learning. One hundred eighty-nine members of a Learning in Retirement institute were surveyed using Boshier's Education…
Descriptors: Retirement, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Older Adults