Education for an Aging Planet

Ingman, Stan; Amin, Iftekhar; Clarke, Egerton; Brune, Kendall

doi:10.1080/03601270903534689

Educational Gerontology

2010

DOI: 10.1080/03601270903534689

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Education for an Aging Planet

Stan Ingman

Iftekhar Amin

Egerton Clarke

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“…Old age is currently an important concern as the proportion of the populations in many societies that is in the older age group, is increasing (Horton, Baker, Côté, & Deakin, 2008;Ingman, Amin, Clarke, & Brune, 2010). Older adults already represent a growing percentage of the present and the future total population, as stated in the aging report of the European Commission and Economic Policy Committee (2009).…”

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Active Seniors and Mobile Phone Interaction

Martínez-Pecino¹,

Rodríguez²,

Martinez-Pecino³

2012

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In this study we analyzed the interaction between active seniors and mobile phone use. Results were obtained from a survey. Participants were 165 active seniors enrolled in university programs for seniors, most of whom owned a mobile phone and used it for basic functions such as making calls, creating a contact list, checking the time, and sending text messages. The mobile phone did not have a social expansion function (that is, to extend their social networks) for these people; but it did provide them with social support by allowing them to keep in touch with their relatives. It also made them feel secure, free, and independent.Two of the major challenges in today's society are the information and communication technology revolution and the demographic shift caused by an aging population.Information and communications technology (ICT) exerts great influence; it has modified the way we relate to one another by easing communication and interaction, as well as giving people access to resources anywhere, anytime. Mobile phones have a key role in ICT (Ezoe et al., 2009;Nieto Tamargo, 2008) and through their use interaction over distance has been eased, thus facilitating communication with public and private institutions, and also performing the same functions as, and therefore replacing, other devices (e.g., taking photographs, sending text messages, listening to music, accessing the Internet). Mobile phones are so versatile that they have gained a general presence in SOCIAL

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Active Seniors and Mobile Phone Interaction

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Martinez-Pecino³

2012

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Americans in Pursuit of an Age-Friendly Retirement Haven in Mexico

Marquez,

Aday,

Monteblanco

2024

Activities, Adaptation & Aging

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Intercultural gerontology curriculum: Principles and practice

Mercer

2017

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

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The internationalization of universities and the aging of the global population are two current issues that converge and challenge undergraduate gerontology curriculum development in Canada. One response to this challenge is to envision an intercultural gerontology curriculum. What might this curriculum encompass? How might it be taught? An exploratory study was undertaken to address these two questions. This paper presents findings from this study based primarily on interviews with university-based stakeholders from Canada, the United States, and Europe. Thematic analysis of the interviews resulted in five themes: multiple perspectives on cultural diversity; the dynamic nature of cultural diversity and aging; flow of an intercultural curriculum; institutional culture and intercultural curricula; and principles and practice for intercultural gerontology. Framed by principles of gerontology theory and educational approaches, this paper focuses on the principles and practice suggested by study participants. Scaffolding learning, active learning strategies, experiential learning opportunities, teacher modelling, and internet-based learning are discussed as key to intercultural learning. An appendix includes a list of resources that may be useful to developing an intercultural gerontology curriculum.

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Education for an Aging Planet

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Active Seniors and Mobile Phone Interaction

Active Seniors and Mobile Phone Interaction

Americans in Pursuit of an Age-Friendly Retirement Haven in Mexico

Intercultural gerontology curriculum: Principles and practice

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