Ageing and complexity. Reframing older adults' learning through interdisciplinary lenses.

Autor/inn/en	Formenti, Laura; Cino, Davide; Loberto, Francesca
Titel	Ageing and complexity. Reframing older adults' learning through interdisciplinary lenses.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 16 (2025) 1, S. 75-96Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
DOI	10.25656/01:32737 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5193
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-327370
Schlagwörter	Komplexitätstheorie; Gesundheitspflege; Erwachsenenbildung; Altern; Pflege; Literaturbericht; Alter Mensch; Betreuer; Älterer Erwachsener
Abstract	This paper presents a critical literature review on the systemic interconnections between ageing, learning, and care. Using the lenses of complexity and interdisciplinarity, the authors analysed a sample of 62 papers published between 2003 and 2022, examining their reference to micro, meso and/or macro levels, theoretical depth, and use of complexity as a sensitizing concept to understand implications for learning and transformation as structural features of an ageing society. Their analysis highlighted the role of different settings of care (formal, informal, and technology-mediated) in shaping, enhancing, or hindering meaning, well-being, and social justice for older learners and their caregivers, and the implications for society at large. Findings suggest a gap in the examined literature regarding the use of complexity theories to highlight self-organisation, interdependence, and co-evolution of individual and systemic learning. A theoretical interdisciplinary framework, we contend, would better mirror the multiple factors and levels entailed in the process of ageing. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2025/3