The challenges of undergraduate online learning experienced by older workers in career transition     

Christopher A. Meyers  Richard G. Bagnall 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2017,36(4):442-457

This paper presents the findings of a research project on older workers transitioning into work as vocational educators through online undergraduate university study. The study involved interpretive phenomenological analysis of the experiences of 10 older learners. Their experience of online learning was found to be shaped by diverse influences and to comprise three distinct but interrelated elements: their use of technology, their use of hypermedia and their independent learning. Challenges raised by each of these elements called for a distinctive response from the university, respectively: short-term, readily available technical advice and support; tutoring to develop Web navigation and exploration skills, or the provision of selected readings; and opportunities for online or face-to-face dialogical engagement with others. Recommendations for the online provision of higher education for such learners, then, pointed to the need for an appropriately distinctive response to challenges in each of the three elements: the use of technology calling for individualised and immediate responsiveness to learner issues; the use of hypermedia calling for aggregated advice and resources prepared in advance; and independent learning calling for the prior structuring of opportunities for interactive engagement. Further research is suggested focusing on the relative cost and effectiveness of different approaches to addressing those needs.  相似文献   

体育活动与老年人的抑郁:系统综述   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

孙延林 《天津体育学院学报》2002,17(2):49-54

抑郁是老年人一种常见的不良情绪，通过对描述性研究，元分析研究，流行病学研究和实验研究的综述，认为体育活动对减轻老年人的抑郁有积极作用。  相似文献   

‘Borrowed access’ – the struggle of older persons for digital participation     

Linda Reneland-Forsman 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2018,37(3):333-344

This study investigates older persons engagement with digital interfaces as one important way to social inclusion. Digital exclusion and social exclusion are intrinsically intertwined, which put older persons at risk for exclusion. To construct meaningful educational practices for inclusion, more insight is needed to understand consequences of low digital competence. Eighteen men and women (retired) have been interviewed about their everyday encounters with digital interfaces. Results show how older persons ‘borrow’ knowledge from social networks or from contacts at previous workplace, to access technology and digital practices. Data also show a common acceptance of exclusion and changes in lifestyle. These fragile chains, put together to access digital practices jeopardise social inclusion understood as autonomy and participation in society. Informants did not mention community arrangements as resources for access and knowledge, which indicate that hard work is required to promote inclusion of this group. A possible way could be using the power of informally framed learning scenarios. Society cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that groups of citizens are hindered from developing capabilities to maintain a social life, to access the health sector, to enjoy integrity and independence and cultural recreation – to live a capable life.  相似文献   

12周惯性哑铃练习对轻度认知损害老年人的干预效果     

吕娇娇  黄灵燕  刘宇 《上海体育学院学报》2020,(5):63-69,80

目的观察12周惯性哑铃练习对轻度认知损害(MCI)老年人认知功能、身体活动能力、生活质量和睡眠质量的影响,并探讨认知改善与其他功能改变之间的关系。方法将45名MCI老年人随机分为干预组(n=22)和对照组(n=23)。干预组受试者进行惯性哑铃练习(3次/周,60 min/次,持续12周),对照组不进行运动干预。结果 12周后,干预组受试者阿尔茨海默病评定量表-认知部分(ADAS-Cog)总分/指令得分、蒙特利尔认知评估量表(MoCA)评分、起立行走计时(TUG)和SF-36健康调查问卷(SF-36)心理总得分均显著改善(均P<0.05)。与对照组相比,干预组受试者ADAS-Cog总分/单词回忆得分/注意力得分、简明精神量表(MMSE)评分、TUG和匹兹堡睡眠指数(PSQI)的改善程度均具有显著差异(P<0.05或P=0.05)。偏相关分析结果显示,SF-36心理总得分改变(r=-0.712)、PSQI改变(r=-0.380)与认知改善程度均呈显著负相关。结论 12周惯性哑铃练习可显著提高MCI老年人的认知功能,并对其移动能力、生活质量和睡眠质量具有积极影响,且心理和睡眠改变程度可能影响认知功能的改善效果。  相似文献   

浅析二胎“老大”的心理问题与应对策略     

张丹妮 《教育教学论坛》2019,(24):57-58

以“全面二胎”的特殊政策为背景,基于调查与研究,笔者发现“老大”容易出现嫉妒、逆反和自卑三类心理问题。针对这些心理问题,本文提出了“关注心理征兆,做好思想引导”、“合理配置关爱,改进教养方式”、“加强关注预防,提升相关工作”等应对策略。  相似文献   

Adapting an Interprofessional Training Model for Social Work Field Placements: An Answer for Better Mental Health Care Outreach for Older Adults in Primary Care     

Avani Shah  Tracy Wharton  Forrest Scogin 《Journal of Teaching in Social Work》2017,37(5):438-453

Professional shortages of geriatrically trained social workers pose a barrier to mental health care for older adults. Integrating graduate social work interns into primary care settings may increase the availability of trained social workers. However, few studies provide guidance on how to develop an interprofessional healthcare placement focused on the needs of older adults. This article discusses a model training program created by a psychology department (with input from social work faculty) that can be adapted by schools of social work. Client outcomes (n = 47) indicate significant improvement when using this model.  相似文献   

脊柱转动电测试仪的研制和应用研究     

郭静如  洪友廉 《天津体育学院学报》1999,14(1):43-45

运用人机工程学原理设计了人体头颈和腰椎转动传感器,完成了脊柱转动辐度电测试仪的研制和标定。运用该仪器对青年组、老年组分别进行了头颈和腰左、右转动幅度的实测。研究结果得出,人体脊柱转动辐度与年龄呈密切负相关;运动可以改善老年人腰及头颈的柔韧性  相似文献   

太极拳对老年人血脂、血液流变学指标影响的追踪研究   总被引：27，自引：2，他引：25  

王忠山 《天津体育学院学报》1999,14(1):51-53

为探索太极拳对老年人的健身意义,该研究对５３名老年受试者进行了３年追踪研究。结果表明：老年人常年坚持太极拳运动可调节脂类代谢,降低血脂,增加高密度脂蛋白胆固醇以及高密度脂蛋白胆固醇和总胆固醇的比值,增强对心血管系统的保护机制,并可改善以血粘度为代表的血液流变学指标。本研究未见随增龄而血粘度增高的情况  相似文献   

Writing and Reading Subjects: Fixing and Unfixing Identity through Close Literary Practices     

Claire Robson  Dennis Sumara  Rebecca Luce‐Kapler  Bridget Coll  Pat Hogan  Greta Hurst 《Changing English: An International Journal of English Teaching》2010,17(4):385-398

For a number of years, Rebecca Luce‐Kapler and Dennis Sumara have been investigating the ways in which literary practices of close reading can help change how we think and how we remember. They have also considered how such practices might help make us more critical of normative representations of remembered experience. More recently, they have been joined by Claire Robson, who works with and investigates memoir writing. In 2009, Robson and Sumara were joined by their six older lesbian research participants at a conference held at the University of British Columbia entitled ‘Queerly Canadian: Changing Narratives’. The six women performed extracts from memoirs they had written as part of the research data and joined the researchers in offering theories and insights about the writing processes in which the group had engaged. That presentation and this paper represent the evolution of a two‐year collaboration between these researchers and the six women, who are listed as co‐authors on both the presentation and this paper.  相似文献   

Effectiveness of peers in delivering programs or motivating older people to increase their participation in physical activity: Systematic review and meta-analysis     

Elissa Burton  Kaela Farrier  Keith D. Hill  Jim Codde  Phil Airey  Anne-Marie Hill 《Journal of sports sciences》2018,36(6):666-678

The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness of peers to deliver programs or encourage older people to be physically active and improve physical outcomes. Peer reviewed articles published in English between January 1976 and June 2016, retrieved from six databases according to the predefined inclusion criteria were included. Where possible results were pooled and meta-analyses conducted. Eighteen articles were included in the review, a total of 3,492 intervention participants, average age 66.5 years and 67.1% were female. Overall, study quality was medium to high. Interventions mainly included resistance, flexibility and cardiovascular training, however there was one aquatic exercise group. Eight studies were delivered by peers and five utilised peer support, which included advice and being positive but was not directly linked to an exercise intervention. While 16 of the 18 studies reported improvement in levels of physical activity and/or noted physical benefits by peer involvement, the meta-analyses findings supported the control groups for the six-minute-walk-test and the timed-up-and-go test. Findings from this review suggest exercise programs involving peers can promote and maintain adherence to exercise programs. However, results were inconclusive as to whether peers have a positive effect on improving older people’s physical function.  相似文献