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Prof. Marvin Formosa
Department of Gerontology and Dementia Studies
Faculty for Social Wellbeing
University of Malta
FIVE DECADES OF
OLDER ADULT LEARNING
SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, PROMISES
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FIVE DECADES OF
OLDER ADULT LEARNING
SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, PROMISES
The emergence of older adult learning
Achievements & accomplishments
Lacunae, pitfalls and limitations
Forthcoming trials
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Paulo Freire
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Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement
Sherperd’s Centers
Fromm Institute for lifelong Learning
Bernard Osher Foundation
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Universities of the Third Age
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University Programmes for Older People
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An organisation accessible to all men, whose primary activity is the
provision of an environment where men work on projects at their
own pace and time in the company of other men.
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Cognitive skills / Life skills
Movement / Sensory
Music / Art
Socialaisation
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The e-learning revolution
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ACHIEVEMENTS
◆ SOCIAL WELLBEING
◆ PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING
◆ POSITIVE CULTURE in LTC SETTINGS
◆ DIGITAL DIVIDE/COMPETENCY
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CHALLENGES
◆ MIDDLE-CLASSNESS
◆ GENDER BIASES
◆ ETHNIC BIASES
◆ THIRD AGEISM
◆ GERAGOGY
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PROMISES
◆ VAST RANGE OF OLDER ADULT LIFESTYLES
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◆ PRODUCTIVE AGEING – THIRD AGE??
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◆ POSITIVE (HEDONISTIC?) AGEING
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◆ TRANSCENDENTAL AGEING
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A wide-participation agenda.
Health-irrelevant agenda.
Age-relevant agenda
Digitally-relevant agenda.
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An alternative ageing experience:
An account and assessment of the
university of the third age in the UK
Origins and development: The
Francophone model of U3As
From welfare to educational gerontology:
U3As in China, Russia, Taiwan,
Malaysia and South Korea
U3As in Italy, Spain and Sweden:
A dynamic, flexible, and accessible
learning model
Late-life learning for social inclusion:
U3As in Poland, Iceland, United
Kingdom, and Malta
The U3A movement in Australia: From
statewide networking to community
engagement.