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Direct linkFindsen, Brian – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2012
This article explores the issue of older adults' access to and participation in higher education in two countries, Aotearoa New Zealand and Scotland. It discusses older adults' engagement with regard to patterns of participation and provision, using a critical educational gerontology approach. The two case studies, one in more theoretical terms,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Gerontology, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSkoglund, John – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1978
Objectives of this study were to explore factorial dimensionality of 42 attitudinal items designed to measure attitudes concerning old people, and to compare these factor structures in two groups. Respondents were divided into a younger group (370 participants aged 30-65) and an older group (337 participants aged 70-75). (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Employment
