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URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-327370
DOI: 10.25656/01:32737; 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5193
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-327370
DOI: 10.25656/01:32737; 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5193
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Ageing and complexity. Reframing older adults' learning through interdisciplinary lenses |
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Formenti, Laura ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Source | European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 16 (2025) 1, S. 75-96 ![]() |
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Keywords (German) | Erwachsenenbildung; Älterer Erwachsener; Altern; Komplexitätstheorie; Gesundheitspflege; Betreuer; Pflege; Alter Mensch; Literaturbericht |
sub-discipline | Empirical Educational Research Adult Education / Further Education |
Document type | Article (journal) |
ISSN | 2000-7426; 20007426 |
Language | English |
Year of creation | 2025 |
review status | Peer-Reviewed |
Abstract (English): | This paper presents a critical literature review on the systemic interconnections between ageing, learning, and care. Using the lenses of complexity and interdisciplinarity, the authors analysed a sample of 62 papers published between 2003 and 2022, examining their reference to micro, meso and/or macro levels, theoretical depth, and use of complexity as a sensitizing concept to understand implications for learning and transformation as structural features of an ageing society. Their analysis highlighted the role of different settings of care (formal, informal, and technology-mediated) in shaping, enhancing, or hindering meaning, well-being, and social justice for older learners and their caregivers, and the implications for society at large. Findings suggest a gap in the examined literature regarding the use of complexity theories to highlight self-organisation, interdependence, and co-evolution of individual and systemic learning. A theoretical interdisciplinary framework, we contend, would better mirror the multiple factors and levels entailed in the process of ageing. (DIPF/Orig.) |
other articles of this journal | European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults Jahr: 2025 |
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Date of publication | 11.03.2025 |
Citation | Formenti, Laura; Cino, Davide; Loberto, Francesca: Ageing and complexity. Reframing older adults' learning through interdisciplinary lenses - In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 16 (2025) 1, S. 75-96 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-327370 - DOI: 10.25656/01:32737; 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5193 |