A Practical Study Of Geriatric Education In American Community Colleges

Nowadays,all countries in the world are facing an aging situation.In order to cope with the severe challenge of aging population,old age education is gradually on the agenda of the development of education in various countries.Older education in the United States has appeared earlier,and its development is more complete.An important part with the regional characteristics in the development of elder education,it has been about 60 years since the rise of the 1960s and 1970s.It has explored the development of American community colleges,summed up the experience of American community colleges in elderly education,and actively Responding to the challenges posed by aging can provide an exotic reference and reference for the improvement of China’s elderly education.The full text is divided into five parts:The first part is a basic discussion of the research background,starting from two aspects of theory and practice,and discussing the research purpose and significance of this topic.Then,a brief elaboration of the domestic and foreign research trends,through clear core concepts,pointed out the research of this topic Ideas and innovations.The second part gives a general description of the social development foundation of American community college education for the aged.American education for the aged has gone through a process from being neglected to establishing a complete system,which is the background and premise of the development of community college education for the aged.With the changes of American society,American geriatric law has come into being from scratch.The Geriatric Education Act has provided the legal basis for community college geriatric education.The diversification of educational institutions and projects for the aged promotes the development of education for the aged in community colleges.The way that the elderly receive education is becoming more and more diversified.Lifelong education has further improved the way that community colleges carry out education for the elderly.The third part focuses on the analysis of the implementation of elderly education in American community colleges.As an important and distinctive part of the American elderly education project,community colleges have achieved remarkable results.This part mainly introduces:1.School management,including funding sources,administrative management,and community colleges ’support service system for elder education.Second,the enrollment of community colleges for elder education mainly analyzes the enrollment propaganda and requirements of community colleges for elder education.Third,the community college’s elder education Teachers and teaching,focusing on the composition,professional development and evaluation of community college elder education teachers and the current status of community college elder education teaching.Fourth,community college elder education project(curriculum)implementation.The project development and project implementation are described in the article Including the process and results of the project development.In addition,this article focuses on the specific implementation of health education,retirement education,volunteer service projects,art courses,exploration leisure courses and intergenerational education projects for community colleges to the elderly.The fourth part summarizes and extracts the basic characteristics of the American community college’s elder education from multiple angles.A more complete legal policy guarantees the development of elder education in the community college;multi-source funds guarantee that the community college provides elder education services;the community college aims at The characteristics of the elderly provide multi-faceted support services;the community college’s elderly education courses are rich and diverse,which meets the multi-level learning needs of elderly students;attach importance to cooperation with other institutions and jointly carry out elderly education.The fifth part.In view of the experience of American senior education in community colleges,this article believes that:(1)the country should pay attention to the legislation of senior education;(2)establish a fund guarantee and a scientific funding sharing mechanism;rely on the community and cooperate with various institutions to promote Education activities are carried out;(3)According to different characteristics of the community,elderly education can be developed in a dislocated manner;create a positive aging cultural atmosphere and pay attention to the development of the social value of the elderly;(4)strengthen the construction of the teaching staff of elderly education in community colleges;(5)optimize education Supply,provide a variety of courses.