- Tytuł:
- Older people in the information society
- Autorzy:
- Marcinkiewicz-Wilk, Aleksandra
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/954237.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016
- Wydawca:
- Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
- Tematy:
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Information Society
seniors
older people
aging society - Opis:
- This paper focuses on the situation of older people in the information society. In the theoretical part of article phenomena of aging population and information society were described. This paper includes results of research conducted in qualitative strategy. The method of collecting data was biographical method. The method for data processing was qualitative content analysis. In the research 2 older, educationally active people took part. Results of research shows how older people understand the information society and what risk and opportunities they notice in this new reality. Narratives of the respondents indicated that education is of crucial importance for participation in the information society. Older people who take part in lifelong learning cope better with the new reality than people who do not learn. Based on the research results we can point out areas of education which should be development. Moreover, it is visible that educational activity of older people is very important in adaptation to the information society. Narratives of seniors indicate reasons for the lack of educational activity of other seniors. According to this, it can be specified what action should be undertaken to prevent the exclusion of older people in this new reali
- Źródło:
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Journal of Education Culture and Society; 2016, 7, 1; 18-31
2081-1640 - Pojawia się w:
- Journal of Education Culture and Society
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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