終身學習的高齡教育,對於每人約占四分之一時光的高齡生活而言,唯持有終身學習態度,才能因應社會環境的挑戰。學習與教育不能只是在人生的某一階段,也不是階段性結束的模式,人生每一個階段都有學習的必要與可能,高齡學習亦是如此。唯有透過教育才能建立高齡時積極快樂的晚年生活,同時在學習過程中也可以獲得:1.提供新知,以適應生涯的轉換,為新職場工作準備。2.培養興趣與嗜好,以充實生活內容,擔任志工、義工獲得社會肯定。3.教導實用的技能,以解決生活的問題,防止身心及社會能力的衰退。4.作生命歷程的檢視,發現生命的意義。 因此,參與研習或再進修活動為退休高齡生涯規劃的重點,政府當局應及早規劃高齡教育課程,符合所需。高齡化時代幾乎可以肯定說,必將降臨在你我的身邊,它所影響的層面絕非僅止於日常生活作息,對於一個國家未來的發展方針、產業競爭力、財政結構、社會型態、教育規劃等都會造成莫大的影響,應深思謀慮及早因應對策。 本研究針對岡山區長青學苑學員為取樣樣本並採用Kirkpatrick評鑑模式結果發現: 1.在反應層次上得分最高的幾項分別為「教師所提供的訊息,對我而言具有價值」、「與教師有良好的溝通與互動」、「教師授課進度適中」、「教師在相關領域具有豐富的學識」、「對教師講話內容滿意」、「學苑行政人員親切的服務」多半和教學講師在授課時的表現有關。 2.在學習層次上學員的評分在「生活能力方面、心靈成長方面與學習素養方面」較「生活藝能方面」及「服務素養方面」為高。 3.參與學習的高齡者在比較未參與學習的高齡者後,無論在生活滿意度與社會適應度上,行為層次上均有顯著的效果。
Facing the issue of elderly stage: one-fourth of a lifetime, the only way to confront with the challenge from social environment was to hold an attitude of lifelong learning. Neither learning nor education fell only certain stage of lifetime, it did not come to an end with a clear boundary. Each stage of our lives required necessity and possibility of learning, including the elderly learning. The only way to construct an aggressive and happy elderly life was receiving education. In addition, people may gain following experiences from the process of learning: 1. Receiving brand new knowledge to deal with the transformation of life stage and prepare for the new tasks in the office. 2. Cultivating interests and hobbies to enhance our own lives, or acquiring social confirmation through being volunteer social workers. 3. Solving the problems faced in life through practical skills learned, to prevent from declining on mental, physical or social ability. 4. Inspecting our journey of life, to discover the meaning of life. Therefore, participating in workshop or further-education activity could be the theme for planning retirement and elderly life. The government should plan for related curriculum to meet these expected needs. The aging era comes soon obviously, and it impacts on not only daily lives of nationals, but also the developing direction, industrial competence, fiscal structure, social type and educational plans, the government should take it seriously in time. The samples in this research were students in elderly program in Gangshan district, and the results were gained through Kirkpatrick evaluation model: 1. The items with highest scores in reacting dimension were “the information provided by teacher is valuable to me”, “having excellent communication and interaction with teachers”, “The schedule is smooth and steady”, “the teacher is professional in certain field”, “being content on the speech of teachers” and “the staff are friendly and kind.” Most of the comments are related to the performance of lecturing. 2. In learning dimension, “ability for daily lives, mental growth and learning literacy” is higher than “casual interests and entertainment” and “service literacy.” 3. The elderly participating in the program had significant effects on life satisfaction, social adaptation and behavioral dimension compared with non-participants.