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Emese Schiller; Helga Dorner – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
This qualitative study focuses on the professional development aspects of adult educators who teach languages to older learners by using one-to-one counselling. Open-ended questionnaires were used to explore participating adult educators' reflective practice during and after the professional development programme. We used a grounded theory…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Older Adults, Adult Educators, Professional Development
Dorothy Nuckols; Isha Chawla; Jesse B. Jurgenson; Jesse M. Ketterman; Jinhee Kim – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2023
Financial health falls under the purview of family and consumer sciences (FCS) educators and financial counselors. It is important for these professionals to understand the complexities of later life financial concerns in order to help prepare individuals at all stages of life for financial health in their senior years. We examined financial…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Money Management, Professional Personnel, Consultants
de Kock, L.; Groot, B. C.; Lindenberg, J.; Struiksma, G.; Abma, T. A. – Research in Drama Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic emphasises the importance of care for our societies, yet underscores the inferiority of relational caring practices. During this time, we studied the participatory work of artists working with older adults using participant observations, in-depth interviews and visual ethnography. In this article, we present a case study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Isolation
Abramenka-Lachheb, Victoria – International Journal on E-Learning, 2022
The purpose of this study was to two-fold. First, it aimed to provide a description of the design process of a fully online public health course with a special emphasis on an authentic learning project. The authentic project in this course was designed in compliance with the competencies put forth by the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Student Projects, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
Bachman, Noa; Palgi, Yuval; Bodner, Ehud – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Mindfulness and emotion regulation through music listening are skills that share some attributes with the skill of positive solitude (PS; defined as an inner choice to dedicate time to a meaningful, enjoyable activity or experience managed by oneself, with or without the presence of others). Nevertheless, little is known about their relationship…
Descriptors: Self Control, Metacognition, Music, Listening Skills
Moreno-Crespo, Pilar; Moreno-Fernández, Olga; Pedrero-García, Encarnación – Online Submission, 2022
Objective: To describe whether there are stereotypes towards older adults by the group of teachers in initial training. Method: The approach was quantitative and not probabilistic through a statistical study with university students preparing to become primary school teachers in the Spanish education system. This training profile includes adult…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Social Bias, Older Adults, Preservice Teachers
Edelson, Stephen M.; Nicholas, David B.; Stoddart, Kevin P.; Bauman, Margaret B.; Mawlam, Laurie; Lawson, Wenn B.; Jose, Caroline; Morris, Rae; Wright, Scott D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in adults on the autistic spectrum, and more recently, the challenges related to aging in this population. A two-day Think Tank meeting, focused on aging in autism, was convened amongst international leaders in the field of autism research and practice. This meeting included a series of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Aging (Individuals)
Humes, Larry E. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This article aimed to document longitudinal changes in auditory function, including measures of temporal processing, and to examine the associations between observed changes in auditory and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults. Method: This was a prospective longitudinal study of 98 adults (66 women) with baseline ages…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Intelligence Tests, Older Adults, Auditory Perception
Gökay, Nuriye Yildirim; Gündüz, Bülent; Söke, Fatih; Karamert, Recep – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The effects of neurological diseases on the auditory system have been a notable issue for investigators because the auditory pathway is closely associated with neural systems. The purposes of this study are to evaluate the efferent auditory system function and hearing quality in Parkinson's disease (PD) and to compare the findings with…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Aging (Individuals), Hearing Impairments, Hearing (Physiology)
Gilmore, Daniel; Harris, Lauren; Longo, Anne; Hand, Brittany N. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Little is known about the extent to which the healthcare needs of autistic older adults with intellectual disability differ from autistic older adults without intellectual disability. We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective cohort study of Medicare claims data from 2016 to 2017 to compare the prevalence of physical and mental health…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability
Francis-Coad, Jacqueline; Lee, Den-Ching A.; Haines, Terry P.; Morris, Meg E.; McPhail, Steven M.; Etherton-Beer, Christopher; Shorr, Ronald; Flicker, Leon; Weselman, Tammy; Starling, Trish; Hill, Anne-Marie – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: Falls are a significant problem for many older patients after hospital discharge. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fidelity and impact of a tailored patient fall prevention education programme from the perspective of the educators who delivered the programme. Design: Qualitative sequential design. Setting: Three…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Accident Prevention, Risk Management, Program Implementation
Heretick, Donna M. L.; Tanguma, Jesus – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2021
Individuals who are 50 years or older are the largest growing demographic among adult learners. However, we still are in the initial stages of investigating their attitudes and anxieties regarding specific areas of study. The current study explored differences between 92 younger (26-49 years) and older (50+ years) nontraditional-aged,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Statistics, Research, Age Differences
Vuojärvi, Hanna; Purtilo-Nieminen, Sirpa; Rasi, Päivi; Rivinen, Susanna – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2021
This phenomenographic study represents part of an ongoing design-based research initiative to inform the design of a new course on older people's media literacy in the adult-education teacher-education context. The aim was to describe the conceptions of teachers-in-training regarding media literacy education for older people. The data consist of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Teacher Education, Older Adults, Media Literacy
Manduchi, Beatrice; Walshe, Margaret; Burke, Éilish; Carroll, Rachael; McCallion, Philip; McCarron, Mary – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Choking is a serious and under-recognised condition for adults with intellectual disability (ID), with health, psychological and potentially fatal consequences. This study aims to determine the prevalence and risk factors for choking in a population-based sample of older adults with ID. Method: 597 adults with ID (mean age: 60 years…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Eating Disorders, Incidence, Older Adults
Fusi, Giulia; Colombo, Barbara; Zanetti, Marina; Crepaldi, Maura; Rozzini, Luca; Rusconi, Maria Luisa – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
The study of divergent thinking (DT) ability in the elderly population has experienced a renewed interest because of its proven relationship with cognitive reserve (CR). However, experimental research on DT skills in this population has often been inconsistent. One of the reasons why this may have happened is that the possible negative influence…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Creative Thinking, Older Adults