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Continuity, choice and opportunity
— university study in retirement | | Author(s) | Judith A Davey |
| Journal title | Education and Ageing, vol 16, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 289-302 |
| Keywords | Retired persons ; University education ; Social surveys ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | Analyses of human ageing and adjustment to retirement have frequently made use of continuity theory - which assumes coherence and consistency of activity patterns through life - as a conceptual framework. This theory is especially useful in analysing participation in education in later life. Concepts from this literature were explored in interviews with 21 people aged 60+ who were registered as students at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The study is part of the "Education in Mid and Later Life" research project, which included all students aged 40+ at the University. The interviews provided information on the group's initial education and family background, subsequent educational experience, and the choices around the decision to take up university study after retirement. The analysis supports ideas on continuity in the life course. However, it also emphasises the part played by choice and opportunity, and suggests that these concepts can also add to our understanding of educational involvement in later life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020520204 A |
| Classmark | BB6: V7M: 3F: 7YN |
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