Topic of the Month July: Education in the Later Years of Life

 
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Those who think that old people cannot learn new things are totally wrong. More and more seniors go to university or adult education centres. Even with a cane they go to school again. And there is nothing they are not interested in. Read more in the Topic of the Month July: Education in the Later Years of Life.

At German universities it gets greyer and greyer - but just on the heads. More and more retired seniors pluck up courage and discover philosophy, French and mathematics – as students. For instance at the University of Cologne.
- Lifelong Learning

Grandma Jane discovers the Internet in an adult education centre, grandpa George finally learns how to cook and uncle August is student now – at the age of 65. Have today’s seniors not learned enough during their lives? REHACARE.de talked to Bernard Schmidt from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. He led a study which found out how and why seniors want to educate themselves further in older age.
- “Capable of learning up to high age“ – Bernard Schmidt about senior's education

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