Elderly people education and well-being

Authors

  • Maria Conceição Antunes Educação, Área de Especialização em Educação de Adultos e Intervenção Comunitária. Campus de Gualtar, Instituto de Educação. Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2017v20i1p155-170

Keywords:

Aging. Active Aging. Lifelong Learning.

Abstract

The intervention here described resulted from a research/intervention work developed with elderly people which purpose was to promote active aging. This qualitative work involved a group of 24 participants and resorted to participatory action-research methodology. The intervention had positive results as the final evaluation revealed: the participants highlighted the benefits of the project, in particular, the levels of physical and psychological well-being, the augment of the quality of their relationships with others and the occurrence of new apprenticeships.

 Keywords: Aging. Active Aging. Lifelong Learning.

Author Biography

Maria Conceição Antunes, Educação, Área de Especialização em Educação de Adultos e Intervenção Comunitária. Campus de Gualtar, Instituto de Educação. Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.

Maria Conceição Antunes - Diretora do Curso de Mestrado em Educação, Área de Especialização em Educação de Adultos e Intervenção Comunitária.  Campus de Gualtar, Instituto de Educação. Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.

E-mail: mantunes@ie.uminho.pt

Published

2017-03-30

How to Cite

Antunes, M. C. (2017). Elderly people education and well-being. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 20(1), 155–170. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2017v20i1p155-170

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