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Educational activity of seniors in Polish literature in recent years and the students' opinion
Forum Pedagogiczne, 2021 The phenomenon of population ageing is important for the state not only for business, economic or demographic reasons, but also for social aspects. A broadly defined pedagogy of ageing is important for the development of seniors, but also for changes in
Aneta Żmijewska
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O czasie wolnym słuchaczy Uniwersytetu III Wieku w Cieszynie [PDF]
Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych, 2019 This article aims at examining the issue of free time spent by participants of activities conducted at the University of the Third Age in Cieszyn. In the theoretical part, we present definitions, functions and forms of spending free time and we describe ...
Olimpia Gogolin, Eugeniusz Szymik
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Expansive Learning and Research Practices at the Slovenian Third Age University
AS: Andragoška Spoznanja, 2020 Several innovative projects have been conducted at the Slovenian Third Age University (U3A), creating important new social practices. The project results impact exploratory learning as well as learning and development in the wider community.
Matej Urbančič +5 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 IntroductionAlthough robot-assisted task-oriented upper limb (UL) motor training had been shown to be effective for UL functional rehabilitation after stroke, it did not improve UL motor function more than conventional therapy.
Hui Xie +8 more
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Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2017 Objective: To verify, among elderly participants of the University of the Third Age (UnATI) of PUC Goiás, Goiania, Brazil, whether quality of life was higher or lower among veteran or first-year participants of the UnATI, and to evaluate if there was a ...
Chadi Emil Adamo +4 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia with no effective therapies. Aging is a dominant risk factor for AD. The neurovascular unit (NVU) plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis of the brain microenvironment.
Yan Zhao +4 more
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Computer Education and Third Age Universities: A Systematic Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 An aging population and a digital society are realities. There is a need to equip older people with knowledge and computer skills so that they can participate in society, without feeling excluded or being marginalized. Third age universities are organizations around the world that specialize in teaching and learning for senior students in a more ...
Sobral, Margarida +1 more
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A Mutually Beneficial Relationship: University of the Third Age and a regional university campus
Gateways, 2011 A mutually beneficial relationship has developed over the past 15 years between a regional South Australian branch of the University of the Third Age (U3A) and the local university campus.
Bronwyn Ellis, Michael Leahy
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Vaccines, 2023 Background: In the last days of December 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus vaccine BNT162b2 (Comirnaty, Pfizer-BioNTech) was introduced, for the first time, for wide use in Poland.
Gerard Pasternak +11 more
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Universities of the Third Age [PDF]
Journal of Transformative Education, 2010 This article addresses the political context of third-age learning. It aims to expose how relations of power and inequality, in their myriad combinations and complexities, are manifest in Universities of the Third Age [U3As]. The dominant functionalist approach towards late-life learning is jettisoned in favor of a sociopolitical framework that asks ...
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