The significance of educational activeness among the elderly in a social and psychological context

• Authors: Aleksandra Marcinkiewicz-Wilk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Aim. The aim of this article is to show the significance of educational activeness among the elderly in the context of its adaptation to the ageing process itself (the psychological aspect), as well as to a rapidly changing society defined by technological progress (the social aspect). Method. The article has been formulated with the aid of critical literature on the subject Conclusion. Educational activeness is crucial in late adulthood. On the one hand it is an important element in allowing the elderly to adapt to a new stage of life, and on the other hand to keep up with a rapidly changing society, defined in the literature as the information society.

Keywords

EN

old age, learning, educational activeness, education, information society, adaptation to old age

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 68-75

Dates

published

2019-06-30

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Marcinkiewicz-Wilk

• University of Wrocław, Institute of Pedagogy, ul. Dawida 1, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8016-6884

Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20191.68.75