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Jamieson, Anne – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This paper addresses the question of benefits of education from a life course perspective. Using data from a study of 1600 students (response rate 48%) on an open access program at a London University college, it explores educational activity within the framework of a transitions model. In addition to the quantitative evidence, the article uses…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Educational Benefits, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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Glass, J. Conrad; Grant, Katherine A. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1983
Examines some of the major transitions of aging and factors that determine the individual's ability to adjust to these changes. Discusses difficulties in providing services for this group, such as developing a classification system, and indicates ways counseling services can help older persons cope with role transitions and losses. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Coping, Counseling