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Lifelong Aging Education from the Perspective of Socio-psychology(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2013年02期
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Title:
Lifelong Aging Education from the Perspective of Socio-psychology
Author(s):
YU Guo-liang JIANG Zhao-ping
Keywords:
aging society ageism lifelong aging education successful aging social attitude
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Abstract:
Though aging is the process everyone has to experience and a developmental task to fulfill, people usually bear a prejudice against older people and take a negative attitude toward aging. Sociologically speaking, this prejudice results from an unfair, negative and exclusive social attitude toward older people. The key to reducing or getting rid of the prejudice lies in changing such a social attitude toward older people and aging. Covering a person’s whole life and involving the joint efforts made by the households, schools and communities, lifelong aging education is intended to help people(children and teenagers in particular)understand the aging problem, to abolish the prejudice against aging and older people and to get people prepared for a successful aging. A lifelong aging education requires us to develop a due understanding of people’s current attitude toward the aging process, face it without any prejudice, help old people take a positive attitude toward aging, and facilitate good communications between different generations. The lifelong aging education will have great significance for the construction of an eco-civilization and a harmonious society.

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