| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 高齡者教育研究所 === 100 === Abstract
This research is to investigate implement of elder education in Taiwan and Fukien, concerning about six aspects: structures of institutions, source of funding, courses arrangement, students, sources of teachers and teaching style.
The researcher samples each leader of five institutions in the Taiwan and Fukien as the research objects. The study applies the interview method as well as the document analysis, in order to point out six differences between the two area and to provide suggestions.
There are five aims of this study: (1) to investigate developments of elder education in Taiwan and Fukien;(2) to compare institutions and source of funding of elder education in Taiwan and Fukien; (3) to compare courses arrangements and students of elder education in Taiwan and Fukien; (4) to compare sources of teachers and teaching styles of elder education in Taiwan and Fukien; (5) to provide research results for institution of elder education in Taiwan and Fukien.
Through the analysis, the researcher concludes that (1) administrative organization-oriented: Taiwan area intends to be member-driven and institution-driven and the Fukien area prefer be more institution-driven.(2)Enrollment of administrative organizations: Taiwan area uses papers to enroll students as well as word of mouth, radios, and the internet; Fukien area used to enroll students with advertisement on newspaper. (3) Promotion of administrative organizations: the most effective method for promotion is Media in Taiwan; The most effective method to promote themselves is the internet.(4) Source of funding: there is more than one method to have funding for elder education in Taiwan area, such as government subsides, self-raising, and donations; The main sources of funding in Fukien area is government subsides. (5) Courses arrangement: both areas are analyzed with the Active Aging Learning Centers and results show that there is a discrepancy in the courses they offered, but the percentage of discrepancy is different.(6) Students: both areas show similar results. As for ages, the age of those students in Taiwan area is between 55 and 79 years old; Those in Fukien area is between 50 and 70 years old. (7) Sources of teacher: both area show that they employ regular and substitute teachers. (8) Teaching style: both areas tend to apply traditional teaching style; Taiwan area also apply creative teaching methods as well as traditional ones.
At last, the study provides suggestions regarding elder education institutions in Taiwan and Fukien and future study.
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