일본 노인교육의 형성과 중심 아이디어: 고령자교육론 성립의 맥락에서

Abstract

Japanese education for the elderly is a god model to be reckoned with, facing the ‘aging or aged society’. However, it is not easy to benefit from simply modeling it, without knowing the socio-historical context in which the ideas and practices of the system were moulded. This study seks to investigate the historical mileu and main ideas of Japanese eforts for the elderly education around the 1970’s. Especialy, it focuses on the context of changing image of older people, the relatednes of ‘la culture vivante’ and ‘colaborative learning’ with their moto ‘ikigai’(a Japanese word for raison d'être). For conclusion, it concedes that Japanese eforts for the elderly education are distinguished for their self-motivated impulse in start, and voluntary activites and services for society on the part of participant elderly learners.