樂齡大學學習者的心態與接受創新程度之探究

本文主要目的在探究參與樂齡大學學習的老人的心態和其接受創新程度的狀況。參與學習的老人心態分為：成長心態、成長但傾向固定心態、固定但傾向成長心態、與固定心態。接受創新程度區分為：創新者、早期接受者、大多數早接受者、大多數晚接受者及落伍者。有關老人的心態與接受創新程度之相關研究成果極少，但它們卻是需要深入了解老人的重要部分。本文採問卷調查法收集受試者自陳（self-evaluating）填答問卷之資料，研究對象抽樣自大學院校辦理之樂齡大學，其中285位55歲以上之樂齡學習者。研究結論包括：（1）樂齡學習者之「正向心態傾向」與「接受創新程度」間存在的「互為解釋的可逆效果」。（2）性別不會造成心態及接受創新程度的差異，但「年齡」是影響心態及終身學習的因素之一。（3）男性老年人參加終身學習活動的人數明顯最少，宜再積極鼓勵男性多參加終身學習活動。（4）政府推動老人持續參與終身學習活動，是培養老人成長心態和接納創新觀念與事務的重要目的之一。研究結果對未來進一步研究及分析高齡社會老人之心態、接受創新程度可能對其他學習或事物所產生的影響效應，提供基礎性的分析資訊。

關鍵字

心態；老年學習者；高齡社會；終身學習；接受創新程度

並列摘要

This paper was explored the conditions of mindsets and innovativeness of elderly learners in university programs in Taiwan. Mindsets are especially important in a positive aging experience. Not only do mindsets affect an individual's well being of the remaining years, but also determine their self-worth and willingness to engage in learning and changing. Innovativeness refers to the degree of which an individual is more or less willing to embrace new concepts and things, and it is important to the elderly daily's life. Currently, few papers studied the elderly mindsets or innovativeness, however, they will be crucial information to deeply understanding the elders in an aged society. The subjects in this paper had 285 participants aged beyond 55-year-old, joined in a 6-month program held by universities, and answered the questionnaire by self-evaluated. The study had four findings: 1) There was a ＂reversible effect of mutual interpretation＂ between the positive mindsets' tendency and the innovativeness among senior learners; 2) Gender did not cause the differences in mindsets and innovativeness, but age was the factor influenced mindsets and lifelong learning; 3) The amount of male seniors who participating in lifelong learning activities was obviously the least. It is to encourage more men to participate in lifelong learning activities in future; 4) The government's promotion of the elderly to participate in lifelong learning activities is one of the important purposes of cultivating the elderly's growth mindsets and innovativeness.

並列關鍵字

aged society ； innovativeness ； life-long learning ； mindsets ； the elderly learners

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