PASCAL Briefing Paper 13 - Learning Later: responding to the evolving educational needs of older people - Mark,Talmage and Knopf

Please find attached in English, Mandarin and Korean, PASCAL Briefing Paper 13 entitled, Learning Later: responding to the evolving educational needs of older people. It has been written by Rob Mark, PASCAL Learning Cities Project Coordinator and Honorary Senior Research Fellow,  Glasgow University, UK & Dublin City University, Ireland, Craig A. Talmage, Visiting Assistant Professor, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, USA, Richard C. Knopf, Professor, Arizona State University, USA.

Executive Summary

The proportion of older people in many countries is increasing and will continue to play an important future role in policy. Policy debates focus on how to address the widespread needs of older adults, which include economic security, health, work, and leisure. We highlight the debate in the field of education, and focus on the emerging approaches and locales for responding to the learning needs of older adults if they are to receive appropriate responses through policy formation. We also emphasize the important role lifelong learning can serve in policies enacted across communities and societies.

We are very grateful to the following for their translations.

Korea: Dr. Eunjeong Lee (PM, Seoul, 50 Plus Foundation) faciliated by Professor Soonghee Han, Seoul National University

China: Yiqiao Li, Masters Student at the University of Glasgow and Dr Yuan Dayong, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences