Older Adult Learning: Instrumental and Expressive Categories.

Hiemstra, Roger

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Older Adult Learning: Instrumental and Expressive Categories

Hiemstra, Roger

Educational Gerontology, 1, 3, 227-235, Jul 76

This article examines older adult preferences for instrumental vs. expressive learning activities. Course title selections and actual learning activity information were analyzed. Interviews with 256 Nebraskans, 55 or older, (average age was 68.11) were obtained. It was concluded that more instrumental learning opportunities must be made available to older people. (Author)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Gerontology, Gerontology, Learning, Learning Modalities, Learning Motivation, Needs, Needs Assessment, Older Adults, Research Projects, Surveys

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