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dc.contributor.author | Formosa, Marvin | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-17T07:13:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-17T07:13:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Formosa, M. (2010). Older adult learning in Malta : toward a policy agenda. Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, 15(1), 61-85 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1024-5375 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/22705 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Late-life learning is no longer an exotic terrain within the field of adult education. Older adults are not only participating in lifelong learning avenues in increasing numbers, but recent decades also witnessed the emergence of learning opportunities targeting specifically older cohorts. In Malta, the government not only communicates its support to late-life learning, but also put forward agefriendly policies that facilitate the inclusion of older adults in learning programmes. This paper conducts a critical overview of the Maltese experience in older adult learning, analysing both its guiding rationale and participation rates. It notes that late-life learning in Malta occurs in the absence of a national policy framework that directs and supports the efforts of formal and non-formal bodies in providing learning opportunities for older persons. The paper also proposes an agenda for the late-life learning based on the values of social justice, social levelling and social cohesion. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Education -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Continuing education -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adult education -- Evaluation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adult education and state -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adult education students -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Older people -- Education -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Older adult learning in Malta : toward a policy agenda | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | MJES, Volume 15, No. 1 (2010) MJES, Volume 15, No. 1 (2010) |
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