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Autor principal: Innocent, Natasha
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Publicado: 2010
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contents Learning to Manage Change in the Third Age Innocent, Natasha Lifelong Learning Older Adults Museums Archives Library Role Skill Development Preretirement Education Adult Education Adult Learning Information Sources Self Management Foreign Countries Social Change Everyone is living through a period of considerable demographic change, which is predicted to continue and escalate. People are living longer and, generally, healthier lives, and the lifelong learning system in the UK needs to catch-up with this new reality. There is a need for a much more flexible approach that offers choice and opportunities to people in the third age--those aged between 51 and 75--to combine work with caring responsibilities or to move into different roles that better suit their personal circumstances. There is also a need for a lifelong learning system that recognises that people are no longer retiring "en masse" at 60 or 65. Many are now choosing to remain in the workforce into their 70s, and are valued for their experience and skills, but this also means that older workers will need to develop new skills and be supported to do so. People aged 51-75 are already making a massive contribution to the society through the amount of active volunteering they are engaged in. Museums, in particular, but libraries and archives too, all benefit from older volunteers. In this article, the author considers what lifelong learning--and museums, libraries and archives, in particular--can do to help people in the third age manage the transition from full-time work to a mix of work, caring or volunteering.
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spellingShingle Learning to Manage Change in the Third Age
Innocent, Natasha
Lifelong Learning
Older Adults
Museums
Archives
Library Role
Skill Development
Preretirement Education
Adult Education
Adult Learning
Information Sources
Self Management
Foreign Countries
Social Change
Learning to Manage Change in the Third Age Innocent, Natasha Lifelong Learning Older Adults Museums Archives Library Role Skill Development Preretirement Education Adult Education Adult Learning Information Sources Self Management Foreign Countries Social Change Everyone is living through a period of considerable demographic change, which is predicted to continue and escalate. People are living longer and, generally, healthier lives, and the lifelong learning system in the UK needs to catch-up with this new reality. There is a need for a much more flexible approach that offers choice and opportunities to people in the third age--those aged between 51 and 75--to combine work with caring responsibilities or to move into different roles that better suit their personal circumstances. There is also a need for a lifelong learning system that recognises that people are no longer retiring "en masse" at 60 or 65. Many are now choosing to remain in the workforce into their 70s, and are valued for their experience and skills, but this also means that older workers will need to develop new skills and be supported to do so. People aged 51-75 are already making a massive contribution to the society through the amount of active volunteering they are engaged in. Museums, in particular, but libraries and archives too, all benefit from older volunteers. In this article, the author considers what lifelong learning--and museums, libraries and archives, in particular--can do to help people in the third age manage the transition from full-time work to a mix of work, caring or volunteering.
title Learning to Manage Change in the Third Age
topic Lifelong Learning
Older Adults
Museums
Archives
Library Role
Skill Development
Preretirement Education
Adult Education
Adult Learning
Information Sources
Self Management
Foreign Countries
Social Change
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ900007