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Direct linkTam, Maureen – Educational Gerontology, 2018
This paper discusses retirement as a learning process, where learning, be it formal or informal, enables retirees to adjust to the transition from work to retirement. Such discussion is important given the fact that the world population is aging and that more people are retiring in the next few decades. Moreover, people are experiencing an…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Longitudinal Studies, Retirement, Preretirement Education
Farquhar, Lynn – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Seven men and women with an average age of 77 were interviewed regarding the role of wisdom in their experience of attending a Learning in Retirement Institute (LRI) in southern Ontario, Canada. A finding is that for wisdom gains to be an outcome of LRI education, older adult students need outward expression of their acquired learnings. A…
Descriptors: Retirement, Older Adults, Adult Students, Adult Education
Fok, Shiu-yeu – Educational Gerontology, 2010
This article discusses the themes that emerged from qualitative research exploring the meaning that Chinese older adults find in their learning experiences in Hong Kong. In-depth interviewing was used to solicit information from older learners taking courses in elderly centers or units. Four themes were identified: (a) older adults as learners,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Qualitative Research, Older Adults, Interviews
Choi, Ilseon – Educational Gerontology, 2009
This study investigated older adults' peer teaching experiences at a Lifelong Learning Institute through interviews with eight teachers and observations of their classes. Thematic analysis revealed themes of peer-to-peer teaching, volunteer teaching, and explorative teaching. Discussion of the themes examines the meaning of older adults' peer…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Peer Teaching, Phenomenology
Duay, Deborah L.; Bryan, Valerie C. – Educational Gerontology, 2008
By designing effective learning opportunities for older adults, educators can make a positive contribution to the problem of a "graying America." Because older adults themselves may offer important insights on what helps and hinders their learning, this qualitative study explored the perceptions of 36 older learners on effective and ineffective…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Learning Experience, Aging (Individuals), Qualitative Research
Leung, Angela; Chi, Iris; Chiang, Vico – Educational Gerontology, 2008
This paper reports the results of two semistructured focus group interviews with 17 retirees that explore the issues these retirees perceived as central to their learning in later life (LLL). Focus is especially placed on the factors leading to their learning interests after retirement. A total of six themes (past experience in adulthood and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Focus Groups, Interests, Learning Experience
