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Faustino, Julie Ann C.; Serrano, Jennifer O.; de Guzman, Allan B. – Educational Gerontology, 2020
The transition from a busy work life to a retired state entails a lot of adjustment, planning, and wise decision-making. While there have been numerous studies that elucidate retirement issues across the globe, the need to know about retirement preferences of middle-aged and older teachers remains a blank spot in the literature, hence this…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Older Adults, Preferences, Investment
Boscart, Veronique M.; McCleary, Lynn; Stolee, Paul; Taucar, Linda Sheiban; Wilhelm, Jessica; Johnson, Keia; d'Avernas, Josie; Brown, Paul; Raasok, Marlene – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Nursing Assistants (NAs) are the largest workforce in nursing homes, but often lack adequate preparation for their role. The Living Classroom (LC) is an integrated learning approach, whereby a NA program is delivered in a nursing home (NH) in collaboration with a community college. This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of the LC.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Nursing Homes, Job Skills, Community Colleges
Whatley, Mary C.; Castel, Alan D. – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Younger adults generally hold negative attitudes and stereotypes about aging, which can affect the success with which they age as well as how they interact with older generations in everyday settings. The current study sought to improve expectations about aging in a largely first-year undergraduate student population through a small,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Aging (Individuals)
Ko, Helen – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Against the backdrop of an unprecedented increase in the number of older adults in Singapore, the escalating pace of change which necessitates continuous learning, and a dearth of empirical research related to instructional design for older adults, this study sought to fill this gap by investigating the strategies utilized by successful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Schiller, Emese; Dorner, Helga; Szabó, Zoltán András – Educational Gerontology, 2020
This paper outlines findings from a research project on Hungarian foreign language (FL) teachers' conceptualizations of helping senior language learners to develop their autonomy in learning. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to explore the applied instructional approaches to teaching older adults and developing their learner…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Older Adults, Adult Educators, Language Teachers
Lin, Shun-Tzu; Sun, Juo-Hsiang; Chen, Chao-Ju – Educational Gerontology, 2020
The study investigated the relationships between job satisfaction and career transition competency among middle-aged and older employees. The study adopted a survey method and used purposive sampling to recruit middle-aged and older employees in Taiwan as study participants. A total of 512 questionnaires were distributed, with a response rate of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reentry Workers, Older Adults, Job Satisfaction
Dassel, Kara B.; Rupper, Rand; Supiano, Katherine; Andersen, Troy; Butler, Jorie; Telonidis, Jacqueline; Edelman, Linda S. – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Providing educational interventions to informal dementia caregivers has been shown to have numerous positive outcomes including improving general well-being and quality of life as well as reducing depression, anxiety, and caregiver stress. The purpose of this study is the development, delivery, and evaluation of caregiver conferences to educate…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Dementia, Caregivers, Caregiver Training
Gerontology Education Offerings: Experiences of Iowa Human Sciences Extension and Outreach Educators
Meinertz, Naomi R.; Sellers, Debra M.; Schainker, Lisa M.; Lee, Jeong Eun – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Iowa State University Human Sciences Extension and Outreach (HSEO) provides informal educational opportunities to older adults and their families in rural Iowa within the subject areas of family life, family finance, and nutrition and wellness. The successful implementation of educational opportunities is partially determined by the knowledge of…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Older Adults, Educational Opportunities, Informal Education
Park, Jee Hoon; Choi, Mi Sun; Liu, Chang; Lee, Mo Yee – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Sexuality in later life is an essential factor for quality of life among older adults However, little is known about the sexuality of older adult immigrants from East Asia who have experienced both Western and Eastern cultures. In addition, we have limited information about the mechanism of how sexual attitudes impact life satisfaction through…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Older Adults, Asians, Immigrants
Maulod, Ad; Lu, Si Yinn – Educational Gerontology, 2020
The National Silver Academy (NSA) was launched in 2016 as part of the Singapore government's Action Plan for Successful Aging. This paper uses a grounded approach to explore and assess critical geragogical elements that are enabling, empowering and transformative for older learners. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 48…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Transformative Learning
López, Javier; Noriega, Cristina; Giner, Montse – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Ageism is a problem in aging societies. Clinical psychologists and undergraduate psychology students have shown negative attitudes toward older adults. However, no specific measure against ageist myths in the psychotherapeutic context is available. This study aims to develop and present the psychometric properties of the Ageist Myths about…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Social Bias, Aging (Individuals), Psychotherapy
Hachem, Hany; Manninen, Jyri – Educational Gerontology, 2020
The humanist and critical principles of educational gerontology attribute different goals to education in later life. Self-Actualization is the goal of humanist educational gerontology, while empowerment, emancipation, and social change are the goals of critical educational gerontology. Liberal arts education is dominant in later-life learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Educational Principles, Liberal Arts, Adult Learning
Shang, Lili; Zuo, Meiyun – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Abundant health knowledge resources are available on social media to facilitate technology-enhanced knowledge learning among older adults. The objective of this study is to investigate the predictors and the underlying formation mechanism of older adults' intention to learn health knowledge on social media. We propose a novel model to examine how…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Intention, Health Education, Social Media
Neiterman, Elena; Sheppard, Christine; Kassam, Souraiya; Bach, Vanessa; Husain, Saman – Educational Gerontology, 2020
In the study of gerontology, fieldwork with older adults is often used to enhance students' understanding of the aging process. While assignments based on interactions with older adults are a common practice in teaching students enrolled in gerontology studies, we know less about the impact of such activities on students from other disciplines.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Educational Gerontology, Undergraduate Students
Perkins, Rebekah; Dassel, Kara; Felsted, Katarina Friberg; Towsley, Gail; Edelman, Linda – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Yoga has been found to provide numerous health benefits to older adults including preventing or slowing physical frailty and subsequent functional limitations. The purpose of this study was to examine pre-frail or frail older adults' beliefs about yoga as well as to identify barriers to participation. We recruited 37 older adults from a Faint,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Older Adults, Physical Activities, Physical Mobility