Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?

Although the concept of “active aging” has been widely used as a framework to underpin an optimistic view of aging, few studies have focused on the activities it encompasses and what participants learn. The aim of this study was to explore and compare the learning outcomes acquired from different ac...

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Autores: Villar Posada, Feliciano, Serrat Fernández, Rodrigo, Celdrán, Montserrat, Pinazo Hernandis, Sacramento
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Persones grans
Envelliment
Participació social
Older people
Aging
Social participation
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spelling Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?Villar Posada, FelicianoSerrat Fernández, RodrigoCeldrán, MontserratPinazo Hernandis, SacramentoPersones gransEnvellimentParticipació socialOlder peopleAgingSocial participationAlthough the concept of “active aging” has been widely used as a framework to underpin an optimistic view of aging, few studies have focused on the activities it encompasses and what participants learn. The aim of this study was to explore and compare the learning outcomes acquired from different active aging activities. A sample of 448 people aged 60 years and above participated in the study. The vast majority of participants stated that they had learned something valuable from their involvement in the active aging activity. Content analysis showed two main types of learning: self-focused learning and other-focused learning, whose frequency differed depending on the activity in which participants were engaged. The results of this study show the complexity of the concept of active aging and the need to diversify actions to promote each of the activities included in this framework, based on the type of learning acquired.SAGE Publications2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/229653Articles publicats en revistes (Cognició, Desenvolupament i Psicologia de l'Educació)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/0741713619897589Adult Education Quarterly, 2020, vol. 70, num.3, p. 240-257https://doi.org/10.1177/0741713619897589cc-by-nc-nd (c) Villar, F. et al., 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:ubarcelona__::44469cdbd844bcc951bd1e3b0bf8e7c62026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?
spellingShingle Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?
Villar Posada, Feliciano
Persones grans
Envelliment
Participació social
Older people
Aging
Social participation
title_short Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?
title_full Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?
title_fullStr Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?
title_full_unstemmed Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?
title_sort Active aging and learning outcomes: what can older people learn from participation?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Villar Posada, Feliciano
Serrat Fernández, Rodrigo
Celdrán, Montserrat
Pinazo Hernandis, Sacramento
author Villar Posada, Feliciano
author_facet Villar Posada, Feliciano
Serrat Fernández, Rodrigo
Celdrán, Montserrat
Pinazo Hernandis, Sacramento
author_role author
author2 Serrat Fernández, Rodrigo
Celdrán, Montserrat
Pinazo Hernandis, Sacramento
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Persones grans
Envelliment
Participació social
Older people
Aging
Social participation
topic Persones grans
Envelliment
Participació social
Older people
Aging
Social participation
description Although the concept of “active aging” has been widely used as a framework to underpin an optimistic view of aging, few studies have focused on the activities it encompasses and what participants learn. The aim of this study was to explore and compare the learning outcomes acquired from different active aging activities. A sample of 448 people aged 60 years and above participated in the study. The vast majority of participants stated that they had learned something valuable from their involvement in the active aging activity. Content analysis showed two main types of learning: self-focused learning and other-focused learning, whose frequency differed depending on the activity in which participants were engaged. The results of this study show the complexity of the concept of active aging and the need to diversify actions to promote each of the activities included in this framework, based on the type of learning acquired.
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