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Download full textBoulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Buys, Laurie – World Journal of Education, 2014
This is an interpretive-descriptive analysis of responses to 41 open ended questionnaires returned by academics working beyond normal retirement age. The sample consisted mainly of academics from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The research addressed the question of what motivates some academics to continue working beyond the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Motivation, Questionnaires, Older Adults
Direct linkHui-fen, Zhou; Zhen-shan, Li; Dong-qian, Xue; Yang, Lei – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The Chinese government conducted its first time use survey of the activities of Chinese individuals in 2008. Activities were classified into three broad types, maintenance activities, subsistence activities and leisure activities. Time use patterns were defined by an individuals' time spent on maintenance, subsistence and leisure activities each…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Maintenance, Leisure Time, Income
Noone, Jack H.; Stephens, Christine; Alpass, Fiona – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Although a substantial proportion of the western population is approaching retirement age, little is known about how they are preparing for the future. Much attention has been paid to the consumption of educational material and retirement wealth in the present literature, but the process of retirement planning has been ignored. S. L. Friedman and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Retirement, Preretirement Education, Measures (Individuals)
Swindell, Rick; Vassella, Ken; Morgan, Lee; Sayer, Tony – Online Submission, 2009
The self-help University of the Third Age (U3A) is an adult education approach for older people in which all the teaching and administration is carried out by unpaid volunteers. The purpose of this study was to reveal some of the successful ageing characteristics of the 205 independent U3As in Australia and the 60 independent U3As in New Zealand…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Adult Education, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDavey, Judith A. – Education and Ageing, 2001
Interviews with 21 New Zealanders over 60 about family background, educational experiences, and decision to enroll in universities after retirement revealed several types of continuity over the life course: continuing association with education, periodic return to work-related learning, learning "instinct," and long-term nonwork…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Attendance, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Friis, Henning; Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1990
These six papers report on future-oriented studies of the situation of the elderly. "Changing Elderly in a Changing Society: Danish Elderly in the Next Century" (Henning Friis) reports on research dealing with preferences of the future elderly for their life when they grow older. "Aging Effectively: Meeting the Challenge of an Aging…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals)
