Vpliv izobraževanja starejših na motivacijo za izobraževanje ostalih generacij

Abstract

Lifelong education does not exist without older people’s education. The third age lasts up to three to four decades. The society of all generations demands maintenance of an active old age. The institution of the Slovenian Third Age University has proved that people enjoy learning and that learning tends to become a way of life for them. This primary motivation in older people influences children’s and grandchildren’s motivation, bringing about a change in the overall attitudes to education and learning in these generations. The elderly need to prepare for new challenges and new activities. Education may prepare them for a new career, for discovering, testing and expressing their not yet realized talents and hidden wishes, for taking up new activities (profitable or non-profitable). There are three types of learners, as reported by mentors who have experience in teaching children in schools, adults in folk high schools, and now, the Third Age University students. School goers are not interested in learning, they tend to develop parallel strategies to get good marks, leaving the responsibility for their learning to the teacher. Secondary motives (good marks) are important here. Adults do have the right motivation, however, their learning is impeded by other obligations and pressures, diminishing their learning efficiency. Older people are dedicated to education, they live for learning and encourage their mentors to introduce increasingly intensive ways of learning. They want knowledge and have the primary motivation for learning.Ni vseživljenjskega izobraževanja brez izobraževanja starejših. Tretje obdobje traja tri do štiri desetletja. Družba vseh generacij zahteva dejavno starost. Ustanovitev Slovenske univerze je dokazala, da se ljudje lahko učijo z radostjo in da jim je učenje način življenja. Primarna motivacija starejših je vplivala na motivacijo za izobraževanje otrok in vnukov. Spremenila sta se miselnost in odnos do izobraževanja pri preostalih generacijah. Za nove izzive in nove dejavnosti se starejši morajo pripraviti. Izobraževanje jih lahko usposobi za drugo kariero, za to, da odkrijejo, preizkusijo in izrazijo svoje še neuresničene talente in skrite želje, ter za to, da se lotijo neke nove dejavnosti (pridobitne ali prostovoljne). Poznamo tri različne publike učencev. O njih poročajo mentorji z izkušnjami poučevanja v šoli, pri izobraževanju odraslih na ljudskih univerzah ali v izobraževalnih centrih in sedaj na univerzi za tretje življenjsko obdobje. Šolarji so nezainteresirani za učenje in razvijajo vzporedne strategije, da pridejo do ocen, učitelju prepuščajo odgovornost, da jih nauči, ponavljajo se sekundarni motivi (ocene). Odrasli so motivirani, a jih prehitevajo druge obveznosti in pritiski, kar jim učinkovitost učenja zmanjšuje. Starejši so predani izobraževanju, živijo za svoje učenje in spodbujajo mentorja k še bolj intenzivnim oblikam izobraževanja. Hočejo znanje in so primarno motivirani