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A Case Study of Educational Practices for the Aging Global Population

A Case Study of Educational Practices for the Aging Global Population. EunMi Park, Ed.D. – Johns Hopkins Medicine Samuel C. Durso, MD, AGSF – Johns Hopkins Medicine Gary J. Confessore, Ed.D. – George Washington University East Asia Forum for Adult Education 6 th General Assembly

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A Case Study of Educational Practices for the Aging Global Population

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  1. A Case Study of Educational Practices for the Aging Global Population EunMi Park, Ed.D. – Johns Hopkins Medicine Samuel C. Durso, MD, AGSF – Johns Hopkins Medicine Gary J. Confessore, Ed.D. – George Washington University East Asia Forum for Adult Education 6th General Assembly November 19 – 23, 2005 Tokyo, Japan

  2. Problem Statement • The population of older adults has increased substantially. • The United Nations projects continued rapid worldwide growth of this group.

  3. (Continued) Projected Populations Over Age 65

  4. (continued) Problem Statement • To produce effective educational implementations and outcomes, leaders in several sectors need to undertake innovative lifelong learning approaches for older adults.

  5. Purpose of the Study • To describe recent educational practices intended to meet the educational needs of older people • To produce comparative information to outline contemporary global trends in this field.

  6. Research Questions • How are educational leaders of the multi-sectors responding to learning needs of older adults in the global society? • What are the implications of this for EAFAE leaders?

  7. Methodology • Case - World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology (IAG-WC) • Sample - 163 abstractsaddressing contemporary multi-sector educational needs in aging published in the proceedings of The 2001 17th IAG-WC (Note:1997 16th IAG-WC No abstracts in Education 2005 18th IAG-WC Yet to be published) • Analysis - Qualitative comparative analysis

  8. Finding #1: IAE-WC 2001 Presenters

  9. Finding #2: Abstract Categories

  10. Finding #3: Abstracts by Learner (52%)

  11. Finding #4: Abstracts by Method (21%)

  12. Finding #5: Abstracts by Content (16%)

  13. Finding #6: Abstracts by Setting (10%)

  14. Finding #7: Abstracts by Outcome (1%)

  15. Summary of Distinctive Areas

  16. Conclusion

  17. Implication for EAFAE Members • More proactive, specialized, advanced educational efforts in EAFAE region to meet the larger population based educational needs of older people • Adult Lifelong Learning and Human Development Experts may form inter-disciplinary teams to study worldwide educational response to this growing population

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