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Older people's university students in Spain: a comparison of motives and benefits between two models

Ageing and society, 2010-11, Vol.30 (8), p.1357-1372 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010 ;(c) Cambridge University Press, 2010 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ;ISSN: 0144-686X ;EISSN: 1469-1779 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000565 ;CODEN: AGSOD9

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Title:
Older people's university students in Spain: a comparison of motives and benefits between two models
Author: VILLAR, FELICIANO ; PINAZO, SACRAMENTO ; TRIADÓ, CARME ; CELDRÁN, MONTSERRAT ; SOLÉ, CARME
Subjects: active ageing ; Adult education ; Adult students ; Aged ; Barcelona, Spain ; benefits of education ; Biological and medical sciences ; College Students ; Comparative studies ; Educació d'adults ; educational motives ; Espanya ; Estudiants universitaris ; Happiness ; Higher education ; Life satisfaction ; long life education ; Medical sciences ; Miscellaneous ; Motivation ; Older people ; older students ; Persones grans ; Public health. Hygiene ; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Social relations ; Spain ; Students ; Tertiary education ; third age universities ; Universities
Is Part Of: Ageing and society, 2010-11, Vol.30 (8), p.1357-1372
Description: This study examines both the motives for and the benefits of attending a university programme for older people (UPOP) in Spain, and how they vary with the type of UPOP. Two UPOP models were assessed: The ‘Older People's Classes’ of the University of Barcelona, which is organised as a lecture course, and the ‘University of Experience’ at the University of Valencia, which is a three- or four-year variant of regular university degrees. A sample of 321 older students (mean age 67.5 years) was gathered from the two UPOPs, 161 participants from the former and 157 from the latter. The findings suggest that expressive motives such as acquiring knowledge, expanding the mind or learning for the joy of learning were the most important reasons for joining a UPOP, and that among the perceived benefits from taking classes at university featured ‘gaining more friends’, ‘enhanced self or life-satisfaction’ and ‘joy in life’. Perceived benefits were particularly high among the less educated and the older students. While students participating in the Older People's Classes were older and included relatively more women, differences between the two models in motives and benefits did not exist or were slight. These results are discussed in the context of new strategies to improve university courses aimed at older students.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0144-686X
EISSN: 1469-1779
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000565
CODEN: AGSOD9
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Older people's university students in Spain: a comparison of motives and benefits between two models

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010 ;(c) Cambridge University Press, 2010 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ;ISSN: 0144-686X ;EISSN: 1469-1779 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000565 ;CODEN: AGSOD9

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