EPALE fokus: Social inklusion af den ældre generation og intergenerationel læring
I forbindelse med demografiske ændringer i hele Europa er den ældre generation en stor og voksende del af Den Europæiske Unions befolkning. Det er derfor afgørende at give ældre læringsaktiviteter af høj kvalitet og at inkludere dem i strategier for livslang læring og aktiv deltagelse i samfundet.
Ifølge WHOs rapport Active Ageing: a Policy Framework, er befolkningens stigende alder en af menneskehedens største triumfer og samtidig en af de største udfordringer. Global aldring vil stille stigende sociale og økonomiske krav til alle lande. Lande har råd til at have aldrende befolkninger, hvis regeringer, internationale organisationer og civilsamfundet vedtager politikker og programmer på ældreområdet, der forbedrer ældre borgeres sundhed, sikkerhed og deltagelse i samfundet, siger WHO.
For at facilitere integrationen af ældre medborgere i samfundet må vi muliggøre, at de ældre kan udfolde deres potentiale fuldt ud. Ældre borgere bør have adgang til samfundets uddannelsesmæssige og kulturelle ressourcer. De skal være i stand til fuldt ud at deltage i samfundslivet og være aktive, uafhængige og sunde, mens de ældes.
Derfor bør ældre medborgeres behov for livslang læring være et prioriteret område for udbydere af uddannelse, og udbyderne bør udvikle særlige læringstilbud af høj kvalitet til den ældre målgruppe.
Intergenerationel læring kan bidrage til social sammenhængskraft mellem forskellige genrationer. Mange intergenerationelle initiativer er dukket op i de senere år, og muligheden for samarbejde mellem generationer bliver i stigende grad anerkendt som en vej til et inkluderende, dynamisk og demokratisk samfund.
I den kontekst præsenterer vi det fjerde tematiske fokus i 2020:
Social inklusion af den aldrende befolkning og intergenerationel læring.
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Den 28. oktober 2020 har vi desuden en online diskussion.
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Recommendations: older people have an active role in the society
ZDUS – Slovene Federation of Pensioners
Associations, as a representative NGO of older people, they are our sole target
group. All our activities in various fields are directed towards engaging older
people to live an active, healthy, independent life as long as possible. We
believe this process should start even before a person gets retired. A few years
before retirement starts, older workers should be equipped with knowledge about
what old age brings, how to continue life after they officially retire, what
are their options and how to stay included in those activities which suit them
to most and which bring them a happy and fulfilling third life period. In
Slovenia we have such examples of pre-retirement seminars, but for now they
only exist for specific profession (like the military, police or teachers). By
engaging in organised activities in their local environment (for example in
amateur culture, recreational activities, active citizenship, volunteering,
life-long learning etc.), they stay actively involved and can contribute to
society.
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Starppaudžu mācīšanās un sociālā iekļaušanās
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COVID-19 pandemic and situation of older learners
At
ZDUS – Slovene Federation of Pensioners Associationswe believe that in the times
of social isolation due to COVID-19 the importance of learning in older age and for old age has on the one had
become more visible and on the other it revealed where the gaps in learning
are. For example as most services, events and other daily life responsibilities
moved to only being available online, the vast majority of older people who are
not e-literate, were excluded from participating and exercising their rights. In
this situation we believe intergenerational learning could be beneficial, but
since older people are a vulnerable group and younger people were advised to
take care of their seniors and not expose them to the risk of Covid-19,
physical intergenerational learning could not happen. Certainly COVID-19
exposed that older people will have to be engaged in e-learning in the
foreseeable future.
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Patiess prieks, ka arī Rīgā
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Initiatives that can support social inclusion of older learners
At ZDUS – Slovene Federation of Pensioners
Associations we believe social inclusion of older learners is very important.
Based on our experience in the MATURE project - Making Adult Teaching Useful, Relevant and Engaging (LLP 2012-2014),
we found out that adult educators need to recognize and work closely with the
so called “intermediaries”. These are agencies and community organisations that
have the trust and confidence of older people and they need to be recognized in
playing a vital role in engaging older learners to participate in adult
education and life-long learning. It’s their responsibility to reach out to
those older people who experience barriers to participation in learning,
especially if the reason is social exclusion. Reaching out in such cases means
going to environments common to older people and reaching out to them in places
where “traditional” learning normally does not occur, outside education
facilities. We believe adult educations policies and initiatives should be
directed towards minimising or removing barriers that may exclude older people
from any part of the learning process.
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Starppaaudžu sadarbība
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Age discrimination: old doesn't mean you lose your rights
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Pécsi Kortalan Tudomány Fesztivál
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Patiess prieks, ka arvien
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integracja społeczna
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including via passions and wisdom
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Social inclusion long-term unemployed elderly adults