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ERIC Number: EJ617431
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
Intellectual versus Wisdom-Related Knowledge: The Case for a Different Kind of Learning in the Later Years of Life.
Ardelt, Monika
Educational Gerontology, v26 n8 p771-89 Dec 2000
Intellectual knowledge and wisdom-related knowledge differ in goals, approach, range, method of acquisition, and effects on the knower. Intellectual knowledge tends to decrease with age. The relationship between wisdom and aging is potentially positive if not impeded by cognitive deterioration. (Contains 68 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Knowledge Level, Older Adults
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Wisdom