| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 成人及繼續教育研究所 === 102 === The object of this study is to investigate the views of elder adults who take part in the service- learning and the life meaning. The objects of the study are as follows.(1)To probe the contents and the motivations of the elder adults taking part in the service- learning. (2)To understand the acquirements they have from the service- learning.(3)To understand the influences that the service-learning and the life meaning have on those elder adults. The qualitative research had a profound and insightful interview with the three senior volunteers from the active aging learning center.
After organizing and analyzing the interview information, the conclusions are found as follows:
1.The motivations of the elder adults taking part in the service- learning , including the encouragements of their friends and families ,the devotion to the society, the government effectively promoting the policy of the humanresource of seniors ,covered multiply and wildly.
2.The elder adults improve the effectiveness of the service learning and created the goal of the win- win to themselves and others through playing the recorder and communicating with the elders with music.
3.The service- learning enables the elder adults to put their skills into practice and obtain a self- affirmation ,and to have a spiritual fulfillment ,mental happiness
4.The elder adults improve their interpersonal relation with others and reverse the attitude toward aging by the service- learning.
5.The elder adults regard the service-learning as a mission of their lifetime as to acquire a fulfillment of themselves and a new meaning to their life
6.With the experiences of the service-learning, the elder adults are able to have a positive view to their life .
7.The experiences of service learning make them treasure their life and seize the day and face with the death calmly and without fear.
Some suggestions made for the elder adults, the senior learners of the service learning and the organization of the elder education and the future researchers based on the conclusion of the research.
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