Doživotno učenje na univerzitetu: programi za starije

Abstract

Neophodnost učenja i obrazovanja tokom celog života podjednako je relevantna za decu, mlade, odrasle i stare. Doživotno učenje predstavlja sistem obrazovnih mogućnosti dostupan svima, u svim životnim dobima. Ono podrazumeva jednake mogućnosti za sve u obrazovanju – svako može dobiti obrazovanje koje će mu biti podrška u ostvarivanju ličnih i društvenih ciljeva. Nacionalna strategija o starenju (2006-2015) naglašava neophodnost rada na olakšavanju i podsticanju doživotnog učenja. Međutim, obrazovanje starijih u našem društvu je marginalizovan i zanemaren deo obrazovanja. Ta marginalizacija naročito je uočljiva u akademskom obrazovanju starijih odraslih. Inicijativa koja je pre četiri godine potekla od Centra za opštenaučno kontinuirano obrazovanje Univerziteta u Ulmu usmerena je ka jačanju kapaciteta mreže univerziteta u dunavskom regionu za obrazovanje starijih. Ova inicijativa rezultira time da Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu već četiri godine, kroz različite projekte i sa različitim partnerima, razvija i realizuje obrazovne programe za starije. Kreiranje, realizacija i evaluacija ovih programa jedan je od načina inoviranja obrazovne prakse na fakultetu. U ovom radu ćemo prikazati rezultate obrazovnih programa realizovanih u okviru dva projekta. U okviru prvog projekta, realizovan je obrazovni program Akademski dan za starije na Filozofskom fakultetu koji je obuhvatio dvosatne radionice na kojima su prezentovani sadržaji iz oblasti psihologije, etnologije i antropologije, istorije umetnosti, arheologije i istorije. U okviru drugog projekta, organizovana su tri on-line predavanja sa diskusijom, u kojima su istovremeno učestvovale starije osobe iz četiri zemlje podunavskog regiona: Bugarska, Nemačka, Rumunija i Srbija. Rezultati evaluacije pomenutih obrazovnih programa govore o mogućnostima njihove primene, kao i o pozitivnim reakcijama starijih sugrađana u vezi sa ovim programima.

The necessity of education and learning throughout life is equally relevant for children, youth, adults and the elderly. Lifelong learning is a system of educational opportunities available to everyone, at all ages. It implies equal opportunities in education for all - everyone can get education which will be the support for the realization of personal and social goals. National Strategy on Ageing (2006-2015) emphasizes the necessity of facilitating and encouraging lifelong learning. However, education of elderly people in our society is marginalized and ignored part of education. This marginalization is particularly evident in the academic education for older adults. The iniciatives that came from Centre for General Scientific Continuing Education of University of Ulm four years ago, is focused on strengthening the capacity of the universities network in the Danube region for education of elderly. The result of this initiative is the fact that the Faculty of Philosophy, in the last four years, through various projects and with the different partners, develops and implements educational programs for elderly. Design, implementation and evaluation of these programs have been recognized as one of the ways of innovating educational practices at the Faculty of Philosophy. In this paper we present the results of educational programs realized in the two projects. In the first project, was realized educational program: Academic day for seniors at the Faculty of Philosophy. It included two-hour workshops with presentations in the field of psychology, ethnology and anthropology, art history, archeology and history. In the second project, were organized three on-line lectures with discussion, in which participated elderly from four countries of the Danube region: Bulgaria, Germany, Romania and Serbia. The evaluation of these educational programs demonstrates their exceptional achievement and acceptance by our elderly citizens.