Taking Charge at Any Age: Learning and Wellbeing by Older Men through Community Organisations in Australia

Autor/in	Golding, Barry
Titel	Taking Charge at Any Age: Learning and Wellbeing by Older Men through Community Organisations in Australia
Quelle	In: Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, (2011), S.26-40 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8040
Schlagwörter	Community Education; Foreign Countries; Community Organizations; Males; Older Adults; Rural Areas; Comparative Analysis; Adult Education; Well Being; Self Concept; Employment; Lifelong Learning; Personal Narratives; Emergency Programs; Nursing Homes; Interviews; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Älterer Erwachsener; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Selbstkonzept; Dienstverhältnis; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Erlebniserzählung; Hilfsprogramm; Sonderheim; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Australien
Abstract	This paper examines and compares learning narratives associated with older men's participation in three community organisations in an Australian rural setting: an adult and community education provider, an emergency service organization and an aged care facility. The interview data are from a larger Australian study of learning in community settings by older men (age 50+ years of age). The paper examines what factors influence older men's learning and wellbeing through community organisations. It concludes that preferred learning for older men in community organisations is typically through group participation in practical situations for pragmatic purposes. Community organisations aside from education providers are shown to provide critically important opportunities for older men to actively redefine and recreate personal meanings and rapidly changing identities beyond those developed through paid work. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10