Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A

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Autor(a) principal: Jacob, Luis
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Livro
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/3868
Resumo: This book bases on the international doctoral thesis about U3A in Portugal of the Doctoral Programme in "Education in the Knowledge Society" of University of Salamanca (Spain) advisor by Maria-José Rodriguez-Conde (Vice rector of University of Salamanca) and Ricardo Pocinho (Instituto Politécnico de Leiria / Portugal)
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spelling Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3Asenior universitiesu3asocial educationThis book bases on the international doctoral thesis about U3A in Portugal of the Doctoral Programme in "Education in the Knowledge Society" of University of Salamanca (Spain) advisor by Maria-José Rodriguez-Conde (Vice rector of University of Salamanca) and Ricardo Pocinho (Instituto Politécnico de Leiria / Portugal)This book aims to learn about the development and characterization of the education for seniors, in particular the senior universities (U3A) and the possible impact they can have on their regulars. Senior universities are a lifelong education project, involving more than 100 countries, thousands of organizations and teachers and millions of students. The positive influence of these organizations in the lives of seniors is well known. The data reveal an improvement in the perception of students' physical and mental health status; increase in the number of social contacts and consequently decrease in the feeling of loneliness; there was a reduction in the antidepressant medication taken; depression levels are substantially lower than in the general population; the level of knowledge has increased, practically in the digital area, self-esteem has risen, and students feel more active and better inserted in the community. U3A worldwide have nearly two models, French and English, which does not prevent the emergence of hybrid models. In this book, we will address some issues related to ageing and lifelong education or life long learning, as well as making a short history of the emergence of U3A in the world and how they currently organized. In the end, we will discuss in more detail the U3A in Portugal. Through this study, it concludes that the senior universities in Portugal which follow the English model were created essentially by associations, after the year 2000, on average have a paid employee and work mostly in assigned facilities. Senior universities are attended mainly by women, aged 65-75, retired or domestic, married, from all socioeconomic backgrounds and with varying degrees of education. They attend an average of four subjects weekly and go three days a week. Professors are of all ages, mostly with higher education, give 2 hours of classes per week, also represented by retired and active people, are very satisfied with their volunteering at senior universities and the main motivations presented are the joy of teaching and helping others. The Portuguese senior universities are present basically on the entire national territory, are born of civil society, are an example of volunteering and contribute to improving the quality of life of seniors.Universidad de SalamancaRepositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de SantarémJacob, Luis2022-01-24T12:03:26Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/3868engJacob, L. (2020), Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A, Editora Elivapress.978-1636480244info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-21T07:36:04Zoai:repositorio.ipsantarem.pt:10400.15/3868Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:55:32.034271Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A
spellingShingle Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A
Jacob, Luis
senior universities
u3a
social education
title_short Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A
title_full Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A
title_fullStr Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A
title_full_unstemmed Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A
title_sort Gerontology and Social Education: senior universities in the world and the portuguese model of U3A
author Jacob, Luis
author_facet Jacob, Luis
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Jacob, Luis
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv senior universities
u3a
social education
topic senior universities
u3a
social education
description This book bases on the international doctoral thesis about U3A in Portugal of the Doctoral Programme in "Education in the Knowledge Society" of University of Salamanca (Spain) advisor by Maria-José Rodriguez-Conde (Vice rector of University of Salamanca) and Ricardo Pocinho (Instituto Politécnico de Leiria / Portugal)
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