老年教育的现状与发展需求调研报告——以北京市为例

A Survey Report of Current Education Provision for the Elderly and Future Development Needs—— A Case of Beijing Municipality, China

以北京市老年教育的人口变化、政策和法规、需求与现状为案例,并借鉴国内外老年教育实践展开了专题调查和研究。调查显示,伴随人口老龄化而出现的大量老年人口对于教育的巨大需求与非常有限的现实教育资源、服务之间存在着巨大鸿沟,要把国家为老年人口提供教育与学习服务的政策变成现实,还需要全社会付出巨大努力。目前的突出问题包括:缺乏老年教育的顶层规划和有效的社会协调机制;已有实践没有形成规模且不成体系;老年教育法规政策缺乏可操作性、实效性和可持续性,亟须国家和地方政府采取措施加以解决。建议各级政府及有关部门依据国家和地方有关法规政策,结合老年人的终身学习需求,制订出相应的老年教育发展规划,并实施相应的老年教育工程。

This report is based on a survey of education provision for the aged population in terms of policies, practices and future development in Beijing with reference of similar practices in other cities of China and abroad. The survey shows that along with the rapid increase of an aging population, there is a huge gap between growing demand of learning services and provision of the elderly. The governments at central and local levels have made policies for providing education and learning services to senior citizens, and yet such commitment still needs great efforts to become a reality. The current problems include a lack of speciifed action planning, effective social coordination mechanisms. The current practice, though innovative to certain extent, lacks coverage in scale, effectiveness and sustainability. Thus a series of proposals are proposed for the government and relevant departments to adopt in formulating an action plan and making efforts to implement according to the learning needs of the elderly with regard to their expectations for a quality life.