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Radka Bužgová; Radka Kozáková; Katka Bobcíková; Hana Matejovská Kubešová – Educational Gerontology, 2024
The aim of this uncontrolled interventional study was to determine the effect of a yearly educational course within the University of the Third Age on quality of life, life satisfaction, sense of coherence, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, attitudes toward old age, and older people's perception of social support. The population included 121…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Residential Institutions, Adult Education, Aging Education
Washington Narciso Gonçalves Gaia; Wesley Vieira da Silva; Luciana Santos Costa Vieira da Silva; Milka Alves Barbosa; Nuvea Kuhn; Claudimar Pereira da Veiga – Educational Gerontology, 2024
With the rising aging population, there is a pressing need for effective public policies and academic initiatives tailored to older adults, educational aspirations, and needs. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the intersection between older adults and university education on a global scale, highlighting the critical role of…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Older Adults, Quality of Life, Higher Education
Lucy Fowler – Critical Education, 2024
Educational spaces, both formal and informal, are not always welcoming to queer Métis youth, especially to those youth who connect more to hip-hop cultures than those activities like jigging and beading which are often held up as pillars of Métis culture. This article draws on conversations with youth, conducted as part of doctoral research using…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Youth
Yuxi Wang; Jinhong Yang; Lin Wang; Jiang Liu; Tingting Xin; Lunan Gao; Yuxiu Liu – Educational Gerontology, 2024
With the world's population aging, geriatric care is more important than ever before. However, many studies have shown that nursing students are less likely to choose geriatric nursing as career than other nursing fields. Nursing students play a vital role in the development of geriatric nursing. Thus, this study aimed to explore the current…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Student Motivation, Career Choice, Geriatrics
Zhang, Qiyang – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of illiteracy on physical health and mental health. Design: Matching methods (nearest neighbour matching, Mahalanobis metric matching, and propensity score matching). Setting: Elderly people at least 65 years old in 22 provinces of China. Methods: The analysis used data from Chinese…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Inferences, Causal Models, Physical Health
McLaughlin, Drew J.; Braver, Todd S.; Peelle, Jonathan E. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Objective measures of listening effort have been gaining prominence, as they provide metrics to quantify the difficulty of understanding speech under a variety of circumstances. A key challenge has been to develop paradigms that enable the complementary measurement of subjective listening effort in a quantitatively precise manner. In this…
Descriptors: Listening, Age Differences, Individual Differences, Decision Making
Wastesson, Karin; Eriksson, Anna Fogelberg; Nilsson, Peter; Gustavsson, Maria – Vocations and Learning, 2021
The purpose of this article is to explore first-line managers' experiences of workplace learning in elderly care, with a particular focus on the conditions for learning when entering a new workplace as the new manager. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 35 first-line managers from three organisations in Sweden. Four learning conditions…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Administrators, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Goulden, Simon – Journal of Jewish Education, 2021
Though the development of Jewish schools in the United Kingdom has increased enormously in the past 50 years, the planning of adult Jewish education in the UK has been almost entirely ignored. This article explores the purpose and provision of adult education in three communities in the United Synagogue, the largest synagogal body in the UK.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Judaism, Institutions, Religious Education
Dunn, Kirsty; Jahoda, Andrew; Kinnear, Deborah – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: As life expectancy for people with an intellectual disability increases, there is a growing cohort of older father carers. This study aimed to gain a more in-depth understanding of older father carers' experiences of parenting. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 older fathers (M = 63.9 years) and analysed using…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Father Attitudes
Boyd, Jamillah L.; Watts-Edwards, Nykea T. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
As adult learners over 50 continue to pursue higher education, postsecondary institutions should have resources and services available to support this demographic. Previous research often combines Plus 50 students with all nontraditional students 24 years and older, making it difficult to understand the unique needs and learning experiences of…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Students, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning
Watts-Edwards, Nykea T.; Boyd, Jamillah L. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
As adult learners over 50 continue to pursue higher education, postsecondary institutions should have resources and services available to support this demographic. Previous research often combines Plus 50 students with all nontraditional students 24 years and older, making it difficult to understand the unique needs and learning experiences of…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Students, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning
Ilseon Choi – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
In South Korea in 2018, the ratio of older adults (age 65+ years) was 13.8%, and the average life expectancy was 79 years for males and 85.2 years for females. South Korea is the fastest ageing country among the OECD countries. Beginning in the 1970s, senior citizen associations, welfare groups, religious communities, and private institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Access to Education, Aging (Individuals)
Cassanet, A.; McKenzie, W. A.; McLean, L. A. – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2023
Objective: Adjustment to retirement is heterogeneous in nature, and for some, but not all individuals, may require well-being support. However, limited information is available on the types of psychosocial interventions that can be effective during this time of transition with pre-retirees or retirees. This review identified psychosocial…
Descriptors: Well Being, Retirement, Social Support Groups, Intervention
Williams, Matthew L.; Schlegel, Amanda L.; Harrington, Ann; Bugos, Jennifer A. – Music Education Research, 2023
The motivation to participate in ensemble rehearsals may be influenced by the rehearsal environment. With the emergence of the virtual rehearsal environment, there is a need to gain a better understanding of how online rehearsals affect participation decisions. The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of one theory of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Music Activities, Electronic Learning
Liu, Dawei; Zhang, Liqiu – Educational Gerontology, 2023
Research on acceptance of online self-learning is regularly based on the technology acceptance model (TAM), but less has been discussed on older adults. This article expands TAM by taking living arrangements and gender as moderators after the pandemic. Utilizing a structural equation model based on the partial least squares technique to examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses