A study explored what numerical skills older adults most commonly used in everyday life and pointed at which new numerical skills older people need to acquire. it also ascertained whether any areas were causing difficulties and explored coping strategies. An analysis of approaches to defining numerical skills in everyday life and to assessing…

This book is intended for use by older beginning writers and visual artists. It is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to the complexities of the creative process. The document is a guide to opening and using the creative process in the later years of life. It is arranged in chapters that take the student through a learning process. Exercises…

The educational needs and concerns of midlife and older Americans are as varied as their demographics, family status, economic level, and educational backgrounds. One of the most consistent research findings in adult learning is that the more education people have, the more likely they will be to continue to participate in a wide variety of…

One in seven New Zealanders is now 60 or older, and by the turn of the century the figure is expected to be one in five. Based on the admittedly incomplete information that is available, the majority of elderly New Zealanders live in their own homes, do not experience excessive financial hardships, and are not physically or mentally disabled.…

The transcripts of testimony given before the Senate Committee on Aging by the former Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph Califano, and the Director of the Center on Work and Aging at the American Institutes for Research, Harold Sheppard, are presented. Issues reviewed in these statements address the following…

The transcripts of testimony given before the Senate Committee on Aging by the Secretary of the Department of Labor, F. Ray Marshall, and Ewan Clague, consultant and former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, are presented. Issues reviewed in these statements address the following areas of concern: retirement trends, economic…

Examines the various stages of human development (as outlined by Erik Erikson and others) with their psychological stresses of recurring crises of identity and expectation and explores some of the implications for education's best serving human needs. Focuses on early childhood, late adolescence, middle age, and old age. (JT)

Difficulties of retirees in our society and the New School's Institute for Retired Professionals are described. A program enabling educated retirees to join a learning community with peers and take courses with students of all ages are discussed. (SW)

Difficulties of retirees in our society and the New School's Institute for Retired Professionals are described. A program enabling educated retirees to join a learning community with peers and take courses with students of all ages are discussed. (SW)

Schools have a role to play in educating young people about aging and the elderly. Education also has an obligation to the aged. Educators have an obligation to themselves to tap a vast resource stockpile that lies waiting. (BRR)

Mature and older adult learning programs are shown to be increasing to meet their basic need to know, as defined by Maslow. Four major sociocultural changes are discussed which challenge higher education's youth orientation and offer opportunities for educational psychology research, teaching, and service to support adults' educational needs.…

Presents a program for lifelong learning which (1) advocates communication education for the elderly; (2) specifies communication concepts related to the older learner, including self-concept, role adaptation, and problem solving; (3) explains appropriate instructional methods; and (4) offers pedagogical advantages of this type of program for…

Presents an interpretive report of the National Adult Education Conference of the Adult Education Association of the USA and the National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education, held in St. Louis, Missouri, November 2-7, 1980. (SK)

The new "career contract" moves from organization-based careers to protean or self-based careers. The contemporary work environment demands the metaskills of identity development and heightened adaptability. Career stages now involve cycles of continuous learning rather than retraining, a way to tap the potential of older workers. (SK)

Education for the elderly has received little attention from New Zealand (NZ) policymakers. Older adults are neither excluded from universities nor encouraged to attend. Though all NZ universities enroll small numbers of adults, their role should expand. University for the Third Age and Elderhostel movements have NZ counterparts. (DMM)