Teaching and Learning in Later Life

by Glendenning, Frank; Cusack, Sandra A.; Elmore, Robert; Phillipson, Chris; Withnall, Alexandra; Glendenning, Frank

• ISBN13: 9781840148022
• ISBN10: 1840148020
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd

Summary

This collection of papers examines the development of education for older adults against the background of an ageing population and the challenge of lengthening life expectancy. It brings together contributions from the UK and Canada. The book analyzes the current situation, reviews trends and perspectives and discusses educational gerontology and its relationship to older adults in the approach to the 21st century. There is a call for recognition of the status of older people in education on the basis of social justice, using the notions of equal opportunity, access to democratic participation, respect for persons and the status of equal citizenship. There is also recognition of the need to empower older adults by facilitating a sense of autonomy and self-determination. Educational gerontology is examined in the context of critical theory and social gerontology, raising a number of questions necessary to the understanding of critical educational gerontology. The book seeks to promote a positive attitude to ageing and concludes by drawing out implications for the future.

Author Biography

Sandra Cusack is Gutman-Gee Research Fellow in Educational Gerontology, Gerontology Research Centre and Lecturer in Third Age Learning, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Robert Elmore is Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg College and formerly University Lecturer in Public Administration, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Frank Glendenning is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Social Gerontology, Keele University and in Continuing Education, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom David James is Dean of Associated Institutions and formerly Professor of Educational Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. He was founder Chair of the Association for Education and Ageing Chris Phillipson is Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Gerontology, Keele University, United Kingdom Alexandra Withnall is non-clinical Lecturer in Gerontology, Postgraduate Medical School, Keele University, United Kingdom. She is current chair of the Association for Education and Ageing

Table of Contents

Contributiors	vii
Foreword	viii
David James
Introduction	xi
The education for older adults `movement': an overview	1	(12)
Some critical implications	13	(12)
Critical educational gerontology: relationships and future developments	25	(14)
Chris Phillipson
Changing attitudes to ageing	39	(10)
Education for older people: the moral dimension	49	(12)
Robert Elmore
Critical educational gerontology and the imperative to empower	61	(16)
Sandra Cusack
Educational and social gerontology: necessary relationships	77	(10)
The debate continues: integrating educational gerontology and lifelong learning	87	(12)
Alexandra Withnall
Teaching and learning in later life: considerations for the future	99	(4)
References	103	(12)
Index	115