Preparation of Active Aging Life for Educators: A Beginning of the Later-life Learning Experience

Taiwan has been one of the fastest growing aging societies in which the population of the seniors has outgrown the newborns and gradually the working adults; therefore, the timeline for one's learning life and cycle has to be re-conceptualized. Average life expectancy is approximately 80 years...

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Published inJournal of Education Research (Print) no. 283; pp. 28 - 40
Main Author Wei, Hui-Chuan
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Taipei Angle Publishing Co., Ltd 01.01.2017
Subjects
Aging
Life expectancy
Lifelong learning
Neonates
Retirement
Taiwan
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Summary:Taiwan has been one of the fastest growing aging societies in which the population of the seniors has outgrown the newborns and gradually the working adults; therefore, the timeline for one's learning life and cycle has to be re-conceptualized. Average life expectancy is approximately 80 years old, in that sense; it is recommended that retirement plan should start at least at the age of 45. Prior studies have shown that people generally do not have solid or constructive plans about their retirement life. Moreover, educators, in comparison of those staff and instructors in the local senior learning centers, normally lack the knowledge and theoretical foundation in topics of senior learning and later-life education. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and assess necessary knowledge and concepts in later-life learning; furthermore, promoting three critical later-life learning preparation guidelines to educators and staff across the country in order to adequately prepare the imminent aging society.
ISSN:1680-6360
DOI:10.3966/168063602017110283003