Education: integration, insertion and social recognition for elderly

Authors

  • Paola Andressa Scortegagna
  • Rita de Cássia da Silva Oliveira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2010v13i1p%25p

Keywords:

Seniors, Public Policy, Permanent Education

Abstract

The Third Age comes in constant focus of discussions in Brazilian society, and currently the education for this age group back in to a different part, no longer being a means of welfarism or compensation. The elderly have the right to education, provided for in Chapter V, in articles 20 to 25 of the “Estatuto do Idoso” (Law 10741/03). This research has the goal to identify the role of education as a possibility for change for the people of the Third Age, examining the different forms of inclusion and integration of the elderly in the field of education.

How to Cite

Scortegagna, P. A., & Oliveira, R. de C. da S. (2011). Education: integration, insertion and social recognition for elderly. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2010v13i1p%p

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