Beautiful old age: experiences in na extension project

• Autor(a) principal: Gameleira, Gabriela de Sousa Alves
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Marques, Luís Fernando Silva, Silva, Danley Dênis da, Carvalho, Cecília Maria Resende Gonçalves de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de educação popular (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/reveducpop/article/view/52704
• topic: Envelhecimento; Idoso; Inclusão digital; Aging; Elderly people; Digital inclusion

The paper reports the experience lived with the elderly in the Beautiful Old Age Course, offered in a public university, from the efforts of the Tutorial Education Program group. The course was conducted in two modules, the first with 20 elderly, both sexes, 30 hours, working with group dynamics and conversation circles, with emphasis on the emotional design model problematizing aging in its various facets in the perspective of a successful old age. The second module of the course was linked to the 20-hour hands-on computer skills development work. It was noticed the importance of educational intervention and its contribution to redefine old age from the participants’ reports. The experiences were positive, contributed with the increase of knowledge, led to reflections and new ways of thinking and acting about aging and enabled the e participants to engage in the digital word.