由“死”观“生”的老年人死亡教育研究

The Study of Death Education of the Aged from the Perspective of Grasping “Life” through “Death”

中国是世界上老龄化人口最多、增长最快的国家之一,老年问题日益成为人们关注的焦点。而科学的应对死亡,是老年人面临的严峻现实,死亡教育对于老年人显得尤为重要。本文在理清死亡教育内涵的基础和前提下,基于其由"死"向"生"的教育真义,探究我国老年人死亡教育面对的难题,并提出在积极老龄化理念下,保障老年人生活的尊严和死亡的尊严,把老年人作为一种资源,积极引导老年人热爱生活。

China is one of the countries with largest number of aging population and the fastest trend of aging in the world.The problem of the aged is becoming the focus of attention increasingly and facing death with a scientific way is the severe reality faced by the aged.Therefore,the death education is very important for the aged.By analyzing the connotation of death education and exploring the death problems faced by the aged and the educational significance of grasping＂life＂through ＂death＂,this paper proposes that it should be based on the idea of active aging to retain the dignity of the life and death of the aged and view them as a certain kind of resource to give them positive guidance of loving their life.