体验学习:社区老年教育新形式初探

Experiential Learning:A New Form of Community Geriatric Education

教育人类学认为人的一生是不断受教育的过程,为更好地生存发展,人类需要终身参与学习。杜威的“从做中学”以及情境学习理论都强调发挥学习者的主观能动性,认为参与实践活动有助于提升教育质量。随着社会全面发展,新时代的老年人经济实力强,具有强烈的好奇心与求知欲,希望通过参与终身教育实现人生的价值和意义。在社区老年教育中采用才艺展示、游学参观、社团活动和实训等体验学习形式,有益于学习者学习主观能动性的充分发挥,进一步丰富社区老年教育形式,扩大社区教育资源来源。

Educational anthropology believes that a person’s life is a process of continuous education.For better survival and development,human beings need to participate in lifelong learning.Dewey’s“learning from doing”and situated learning theories both emphasize the learner’s subjective initiative and believe that participating in practical activities can help improve the quality of education.With the all-round development of society,the elderly in the new era have strong economic strength,strong curiosity and strong desire for knowledge.They hope to realize the value and meaning of life through participation in lifelong education.Experiential learning forms can be adopted in community geriatric education,such as talent display,study tour,club activity and practical training,to encourage the full play of learners’initiative,further enrich the form of community geriatric education,and expand the source of community education resources.