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Bora Jin – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
As the population ages, more older adults seek learning opportunities in various educational settings. This article highlights the understanding of older adult learners and the greater heterogeneity within this demographic. I explore why and how older adults learn, including their learning needs, the challenges of aging that may affect their…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Older Adults, Adult Educators, Learning Processes
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Iva Koutska – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Older adult education is still under-researched, with many terminological ambiguities, clichés, and prejudices. Older adult teacher education and older adult English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher education is rare. Many factors can influence EFL teachers of older adults' teaching performance and its perception. Pre-service (presumably…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods