scholarly journals Social Workers’ Digital Competencies as a Prerequisite of their Readyness for Education of Elderly People

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 5008-5018
Author(s):  
Andrii Karkach ◽  
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Tetyana Semigina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third

The purpose of the study is to determine the level of readiness of social workers to teach digital technologies to the elderly in universities of the third age, which operate based on territorial centres of social services. The study was conducted in the Poltava region from June 2020 - October 2020. The sample was social workers who provide educational services to students of the University of the Third Age. The total number of respondents was 73 people. The digital literacy analysis of social workers providing geronto-education services was conducted according to five main parameters: information literacy, computer literacy, communication and media literacy, and technology literacy. The results of the digital literacy assessment show that two-thirds of social worker-teachers have enough knowledge, skills and follow the right attitudes. At the same time, digital skills received an average of 3.2 points (3.4 urban and 3.0 rural) out of 5 possible. The majority of social workers (66 people, 90%) have been actively using digital technologies in the geronto-educational process of the Third Age University for less than ten years. The study found out that 96% of social workers-gerorogists desire to move to online learning in the current situation, of which 78% expressed a desire to undergo professional retraining in online learning. As the main obstacles to mastering and developing gerorogical technologies-innovations, social workers named: insufficient awareness of digital innovations, lack of scientific and methodological literature on social technologies for teaching elderly people; lack of logistics for the application of gerorogical digital innovations; lack of material incentives. The results of the study indicate the need to develop social workers-gerorogists: knowledge in the field of modern computer technology and software, as well as the principles of their work; skills of using modern technologies (gadgets and applications); installations in the field of verification of information from the Internet and mass media; attitudes about the benefits of modern gadgets for the daily life of a professional.

scholarly journals EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF THE “THIRD AGE” IN RUSSIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 156-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Dzhurinskiy
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third

Introduction. In today’s world, numbers of people of the senior generation are steadily increasing due to longer life expectancy. In this regard, questions of maintaining seniors’ working capacity, physical and psychological wellbeing and support of high vitality are updated. In this particular situation, an institute of formation of the “third age” is in high demand. The institution is considered as an integral part of a general continuous educational process during all life giving an opportunity to elderly citizens to stay actively full members of society.  The aim of the publication was to describe socio-pedagogical research and practical experience in the education of the elderly (the “third age”) in post-Soviet Russia at the turn of the 20th–21st centuries.Methodology and research methods. The research was based on socio-cultural approach to organisation of the education system, philosophical ideas about objective positivism, concept of continuous and non-formal life-long education and theory of comparative pedagogy.Results and scientific novelty. On the basis of scientific publications and documentary sources, many of which have until been out of the research field, the initial stage of genesis of education of the “third age” in Russia was systemically analysed. Its legislative base, tasks, contents of programmes and technology were investigated; the practicability of such education was esteemed. The representatives of the “third age” were characterised as members of education – in terms of their social activity, level of the previous educational preparation, cultural and educational inquiries and differentiation on gender. Desire for world outlook generalisation, mentorship and freedom from marginalization complex after retirement were noted. The practices of the first institutions and projects of education in the “third age” were analysed: retro clubs, open universities. The structure, curriculum and the results of the education of the “third age” were characterised by the example of “third age” universities in Orel, Stavropol and Chelyabinsk. Social, pedagogical, psychological and medical and recreational tasks of such educational organisations were designated; the humanistic principles and practice-focused orientations of their activity were emphasised. In addition, the shortcomings were listed: exaggerated encyclopedism of programmes, domination of verbal material presentation, unsuitable use of forms and methods for “aged” students; lack of the funded legal base of such education, its worthy financing and shortage of special teaching personnel. However, despite shortcomings and gaps, the social advantage of the education focused on satisfaction of essential needs and interests of elderly people is obvious. The results of monitoring outcomes and surveys, in particular, recorded a marked strengthening of physical and psychological health of students, emergence of vital incentives and decrease in intergenerational conflicts in their families. The similarities and distinctions of ideas and processes within the formation and development of the system of education of the “third age” in Russia and abroad were shown. The worldwide tendency of social turn towards the changed needs of elderly people was emphasised.Practical significance. The materials of the present research will make it possible to effectively cope with new challenges and solve current problems of additional education, which is oriented on a specific social stratum – older adults, taking into account their characteristics and expectations.

scholarly journals Digital resocialisation of the elderly people in the territorial centre of social services

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3 (132)) ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Andrii Karkach
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The relevance of the study is stipulated by the fact that modern digital technologies are radically changing the economy and lifestyle in general. The information society determines the transformation of social structure, revision of patterns of social activities and stereotypes of behaviour, strategies and tactics of adaptation. Today's information technology and software encourages our society to accelerate in order to learn more and keep up with the scientific and technological progress. Under such conditions, the people of the "third" age appear to be the most vulnerable ones. Without social services and educational services, they are not able to independently master the array of innovative knowledge, including e-technology. Nowadays, a good command of the basics of the personal computer, E-technologies is becoming a necessary condition for orientation in the information flow and successful resocialisation and adaptation of the elderly people in the modern society, for overcoming digital inequality, immersion into the global information flows. The purpose of the study is to determine the features of the mechanisms enabling digital resocialisation of the elderly people within the educational environment of the University of the Third Age. The method of questionnaire survey was used to collect data, as this form of survey has an advantage – it allows respondents to carefully consider their answers without limiting their time. The article characterises and identifies the features of the impact of digital resocialisation mechanisms on the elderly within the educational environment of the University of the Third Age functioning on the platform of the territorial centre of social services (the one which provides social services). Different approaches to the mechanisms of digitalisation are presented, the importance of the University of the Third Age as an institution of digital resocialisation of elderly students is substantiated. The adaptability of the educational environment of the University of the Third Age as a resocialisation space, motivational components of the elderly have been determined, which allows the latter to realise the essential properties of the human personality at a respectable age. A social role of the digital resocialisation is transmitted through its contribution to the improvement of the quality of human life. The use of e-technologies can be considered one of the topical problems of social work with the elderly. There is still no consensus on the extent or impact of digital stratification on the process of resocialisation at an old age, which may be considered the prospect of our further research.

scholarly journals Social Service Centers as Agents of Digital Socialization of Elderly People: on the Example of Organizing Computer Literacy Courses

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Olga Vasilyevna Zayats ◽  
Nadezhda Vladimirovna Osmachko
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Older Citizens

The paper reveals the essence and significance of digital socialization of older people, the importance of overcoming social exclusion by older citizens in terms of access to digital technologies. The purpose of the paper is to reveal the role of social service centers for the population, which act as agents of digital socialization of older people (based on the materials of a sociological study). The objects of the study were elderly people receiving social services in the Primorsky Center for Social Services of the Population, and senior citizens who were trained in computer literacy courses. The authors set the fol-lowing tasks: to determine elderly people’s interest in mastering computer literacy and how effective the “Internet ABC” program is. In addition, it was sup-posed to establish the importance of integrated cen-ters of social services for the population in ensuring computer literacy of pensioners. As a result of a sociological study, it was found that older people show a significant interest in modern information technologies. Computer courses organized on the basis of the center for social services help elderly people to get information about state and municipal services, work with the websites of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the Social Insur-ance Fund, Public Services and Multifunctional Cen-ter.

PROBLEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL DIGITALIZATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
V. E. Melnikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Organization

The article considers the system of digitalization of higher education, where the problems associated with the introduction of digital technologies and tools into the educational process with the transition to online learning are identified. It is shown that digitalization makes significant changes in modern higher education. The transition to online education creates a need to change the management of an educational organization.

scholarly journals Terceira Idade: o discurso dos experts e a produção do "novo velho"

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Duarte Benevides de Barros ◽  
Adriana Miranda de Castro
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Life Style ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Deleuze And Guattari ◽  
Old People ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third

Resumo: O presente trabalho objetiva desnaturalizar a categoria da terceira idade. A partir da revisão bibliográfica de alguns autores importantes no campo da Gerontologia e no diálogo com Foucault, Deleuze e Guattari argumentamos que a produção desta subjetividade "novo velho" articula-se a outros vetores de existencialização presentes no contemporâneo. Palavras-chave: Subjetividade. Modos de existir. Terceira Idade. Velho. Gerontologia. Abstract: This paper argues the third age cathegory like a natural stage of life and shows that it is a historical product. After a bibliographyc revision of some important Gerontology’s authors and using the work of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari we be able to say that "new old people" represent an artificial form to designate the elderly people which is a production of many factors on contemporary society. Keywords: Subjectification Forces. Life Style. Third Age. Elderly People. Gerontology.

scholarly journals Current trends in the training of social workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
S Mulikova ◽  
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M Abdakimova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Standard ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Definition Of

The analysis of the program and normative documents of the republic in the field of social work showed that the level of training of social workers does not meet the needs of the social services sector. Changes in the so-cio-economic sphere, the attitude of society towards social work, international practice dictate the need for organizing work and training social workers, taking into account the requirements of a professional standard in this field. The presence of a professional standard in social work obliges educational institutions to bring the content of the educational program for the training of social workers in accordance with the requirements of the standard, focusing on the formation of professional competencies. The formation of professional com-petencies and the definition of learning outcomes requires the use of training technology in the educational process — case management. Case management is a technology that reflects the content of the labor function of a social worker.

scholarly journals Tolerance for uncertainty in elderly people

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Khrystyna Kachmaryk ◽  
Sophia Grabovska ◽  
Kateryna Ostrovska ◽  
Viktor Syniev
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third ◽  
Tolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
The University

The aim of the study. The aim of the paper is a comparison of tolerance to uncertainty in two groups of elderly: the students of the University of the Third Age (UTA) and older people who are not enrolled but help to educate grandchildren. A relation to uncertainty was shown to infl uence on decision making strategy of elderly that indicates on importance of the researches. Methods. To obtain the objectives of the paper the following methods were used: 1) Personal change readiness survey (PCRS) adapted by Nickolay Bazhanov and Galina Bardiyer; 2) Tolerance Ambiguity Scale (TAS) adapted by Galina Soldatova; 3) Freiburg personality inventory (FPI) and 4) The questionnaire of self-relation by Vladimir Stolin and Sergej Panteleev. 40 socially involved elderly people were investigated according the above methods, 20 from UTA and 20 who are not studied and served as control group. Results. It was shown that relations of tolerance to uncertainty in the study group of students of the University of the Third Age substantially differ from relations of tolerance to uncertainty in group of older people who do not learn. The majority of students of the University of the Third Age have an inherent low tolerance for uncertainty, which is associated with an increase in expression personality traits and characteristics in self-relation. The group of the elderly who are not enrolled increasingly shows tolerance of uncertainty, focusing on  the social and trusting relationship to meet the needs of communication, and the ability to manage their own emotions and desires than a group of Third Age university students. Conclusions. The results of experimental research of the third age university student’s peculiarities of the tolerance to uncertainty were outlined. It was found that decision making in the ambiguity situations concerning social interaction is well developed in elderly who do not study. The students of the University of Third Age have greater needs in conversation, social interaction than the control group and should learn to make decisionin ambiguity or uncertainty situations.

scholarly journals Transformation of communications in the new (modern) digital university in the context of digital globalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
Anna V. Diachkova ◽  
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Olga N. Tomyuk ◽  
Anastasia R. Faizova ◽  
Andrei Yu. Dudchik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Course Content ◽  
The University

Problem and goal. In the context of digital globalization traditional forms of communication at the university are forced to transform in order to meet educational objectives. However, the established practice of building communications in universities in new formats has revealed a number of problems of ineffective interaction between participants in the educational process. The article aims to identify the main features of the transformation of the forms of communication in distance learning at the university. Particular attention is paid to the conditions for the formation of an effective digital dialogue in the university-student-teacher triad. Materials and research methods. The study of the transformation of communication is considered from an economic, pedagogical, and philological (semiological) point of view. The economic approach includes consideration of resource constraints that prevent the development of various forms of communication in the educational space, and an assessment of the effectiveness of the communication process. The pedagogical approach allows to evaluate the technologies and formats of communication in online learning. The semiological approach is focused on the choice of techniques and schemes that are adequate to digital dialogue. The empirical research was carried out using the questionnaire. The survey involved 2–4-year students at the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin. Research results. In the 2020–2021 academic year, students were able to adapt to rapid inclusion in distance learning and the use of digital technologies, but half of the students prefer to return to the traditional format of education, 39% of students for a mixed (blended learning) format. It was found that if the verbal forms of communication when transferring the course content from the teacher to the students were not transformed taking into account the digital environment and online learning, then this could lead to unnecessary complexity for perception (according to 54.5% of respondents), the appearance of information noise, as a consequence, the appearance of discomfort (for 40% of the respondents) and attempts to avoid communication (for 18%). 52% of students indicated that their opinion about distance improved over time. Discussion and conclusions. The authors concluded that digital skills today mean more than digital literacy. In communication, it is important to develop new technologies, techniques and tools that are adequate to new educational and upbringing tasks. And in modern conditions, burdened by pandemic threats, other ways of digitalizing the university with the construction of effective communications are rather impossible.

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