社会心理学视野下的终身化老年教育

Lifelong Aging Education from the Perspective of Socio-psychology

老年化是任何个体都会经历的发展过程和发展任务,但人们普遍存在着对老年人和老年化过程的偏见。从社会心理学角度考察,这种老年化偏见是由一种不公正、具有否定性和排斥性倾向的社会态度所致。要减少或消除这种社会歧视,必须从改变社会态度入手。终身化老年教育就是融入家庭、学校和社区的、贯穿人一生的教育活动,旨在帮助人们尤其是儿童青少年了解和认识老龄化问题、消除老龄化偏见和老年歧视态度,为成功的老年化做准备。实施终身化老年教育,必须了解人们已有的对老年化过程的态度,无偏见地看待老年化过程,关注老年人的积极心理品质,建立高质量的代际沟通。开展终身化老年教育对生态文明建设、和谐社会建设具有重要意义。

Though aging is the process everyone has to experience and a developmental task to fulfill,people usually bear a prejudice against older people and take a negative attitude toward aging.Sociologically speaking,this prejudice results from an unfair,negative and exclusive social attitude toward older people.The key to reducing or getting rid of the prejudice lies in changing such a social attitude toward older people and aging.Covering a person＇s whole life and involving the joint efforts made by the households,schools and communities,lifelong aging education is intended to help people（children and teenagers in particular） understand the aging problem,to abolish the prejudice against aging and older people and to get people prepared for a successful aging.A lifelong aging education requires us to develop a due understanding of people＇s current attitude toward the aging process,face it without any prejudice,help old people take a positive attitude toward aging,and facilitate good communications between different generations.The lifelong aging education will have great significance for the construction of an eco-civilization and a harmonious society.