SERIOUS PROBLEMS EXIST IN RETRAINING OLDER WORKERS, BUT WHERE AN APPROPRIATE METHOD OF TRAINING CAN BE DEVELOPED, OLDER TRAINEES CAN ACHIEVE RESULTS COMPARABLE WITH THOSE OF THEIR YOUNGER COLLEAGUES. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE MIDDLE-AGED LEARNER INCLUDE LONG AND UNINTERRUPTED LEARNING SESSIONS, GREATER CONSOLIDATION OF LEARNING BEFORE NEW…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT (1964-67) ANNOTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS RELATING TO THE CHARACTERISTICS AND LEARNING ABILITIES OF OLDER ADULTS, TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND RETIREMENT AND PRERETIREMENT EDUCATION. SUCH TOPICS AND AREAS OF CONCERN AS STABILITY AND CHANGE IN ADULT CHARACTERISTICS (INCLUDING CHANGES IN GOALS), EDUCATIONAL…

Several demonstration programs were used in training older workers in four member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Austrian program was a stonemasonry course for persons aged 18 to 55, one group using traditional methods and the other, the discovery (discrimination learning) method. In the United…

A SURVEY WAS PRESENTED OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON AGE CHANGES IN HUMAN CAPACITIES, ESPECIALLY IN LEARNING ABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY, AND DESCRIBED VARIOUS METHODS USED TO TRAIN WORKERS OVER 40. THE ROLE OF MEMORY, MOTIVATION, RIGIDITY, AND INTELLIGENCE IN DETERMINING THE LEARNING EFFICIENCY OF MATURE ADULTS WAS ASSESSED, ALSO DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY…