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ERIC Number: EJ455301
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-1035-0462
Reconstructing Education for Older Adults: An Elaboration of the Statement of First Principles.
Battersby, David; Glendenning, Frank
Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, v32 n2 p115-21 Jul 1992
Elaborates principles of education for older adults: (1) shift from viewing the elderly as disadvantaged to examining their treatment within the socioeconomic context; (2) critical educational gerontology, rooted in critical theory; (3) emancipation, empowerment, and transformation; and (4) theory based on action. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Theory, Educational Gerontology, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Older Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: For a related article, see EJ 411 353.