中外老年教育发展和研究的反思与借鉴

Reflection on the Development and Research into Elderly Education Home and Abroad

通过中外老年教育比较可以发现，国外老年教育理论有着丰富渊源且呈现多元化倾向，我国老年教育以康复理论为主，应借鉴国外最新理论成果，坚持社会参与和自我实现的理论取向；国外老年教育课程和教材在内容和形式上都很丰富且体系化，而我国老年教育课程建设虽然取得很大进步，但应该进一步更新课程内容，开展多样化的教学活动，满足老年人需求；国外老年教育建立了多元开放的办学体系，而我国应改变单一政府主导的老年教育格局，鼓励社会团体和民间组织参与，构建多元化教育模式。世界各国对老年教育重视程度不够，发展很不平衡，覆盖面窄等，成为共同问题。

By comparison，we can find elderly educational theories share extensive origins and diversified tendencies abroad，but Chinese elderly education theories are mainly based on Rehabilitation Theory and should absorb foreign latest theoretical achievements，adhere to theoretical orientation of community involvement and self-realization. Foreign courses and teaching materials in elderly education are rich and systematic in either content or form. Elderly education in our country has made great progress in curricula，but in order to meet the needs of older persons the course content should be further updated，carrying out a variety of teaching activities. The diverse and open educational systems for education of old people have been established abroad，while China should change the pattern of a single government-led education for the aged，the participation of social organizations and civil society organizations should be encouraged to build a diversified education model. However， it is common that many countries have not paid enough attention to the elderly，and the development is very uneven and its coverage is narrow.