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Autor:
Maureen Tam, Alice Xue Wu
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Lifelong Education. 39:356-373
This article describes a learning unit for seniors within a university in Hong Kong, as an example of offering lifelong learning opportunities for senior adults. This article reports and discusses ...
Autor:
Maureen Tam
Publikováno v:
Education for the Elderly in the Asia Pacific ISBN: 9789811633256
This chapter outlines and discusses the development of lifelong learning for elders in Hong Kong, including policies and provisions put in place by both government and non-government organizations over the past few decades. Same as other developed ec
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3326-3_6
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3326-3_6
Autor:
Maureen Tam
Publikováno v:
Educational Gerontology. 44:724-731
Facing the challenges of a fast-growing ageing population – amidst the worldwide trends of declining birth rates and longer lifespans – the Hong Kong government has since two decades ago de...
Autor:
Maureen Tam
Publikováno v:
Educational Gerontology. 44:54-63
This paper discusses retirement as a learning process, where learning, be it formal or informal, enables retirees to adjust to the transition from work to retirement. Such discussion is important given the fact that the world population is aging and
Autor:
Maureen Tam
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Lifelong Education. 36:565-577
Ageing and learning are value-laden concepts that are culturally relevant. Culture plays an important role in influencing what people think, resulting in different views and understandings by people from diverse cultural backgrounds. In the literatur
Publikováno v:
Educational Gerontology. 43:393-403
This article is an overview and summary of the findings from a General Research Fund project funded (2012–2014) by the Research Grants Council of the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong to investigate cross cultural understanding of ageing and
Autor:
Maureen Tam
Publikováno v:
International Perspectives on Aging ISBN: 9783030215149
It is the aim of this chapter to describe and discuss third age learning in Hong Kong, including its development over the past few decades. In particular, the Elder Academy Scheme is introduced and examined as a model of providing third age learning
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21515-6_14
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21515-6_14
Publikováno v:
Educational Gerontology
In this article, the discussion of loss and its relationship to learning is based on the analysis of interview data from 39 older adults in Hong Kong and 40 in Australia. The focus of the research was on ageing and learning. The phenomenon of life ch
Autor:
Maureen Tam
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Lifelong Education. 35:569-585
Governments’ anxieties about ageing populations are mostly concerned with the costs of welfare, care and health provision which all have to be paid for by an ever dwindling working population. However, research in later life learning indicates the
Autor:
Maureen Tam
Publikováno v:
Fresh Perspectives on Later Life Learning ISBN: 9780429468346
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https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429468346-7
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429468346-7