Lifelong Learn. 2020, 10, 311-331
The Issue of Active Ageing and Active Old Age in the Education and Social Policy of Slovakia, Germany and Spain
The presented study is the output of the authors from solving the research project VEGA no. 1/0001/18 called Preparation for ageing and old age – possibilities of andragogical intervention. Based on the planned aims of the project, the authors deal with the analysis of the education and social policies of selected states of the European Union to identify those areas which are related to active ageing and active old age. Subsequently, they compare the Slovak education and social policy to foreign education and social ones on the state level, focusing on the topics of active ageing and active old age. The methodology of the research work of the authors lies in the national documents and their subsequent comparing. The authors identified common aspects of the education and social policies of the selected states of the European Union (Slovakia, Germany and Spain) in the given parameters or areas (active ageing and active old age).
Keywords
active ageing, active old age, education and social policy, Slovakia, Germany, Spain.
Funding
The study presented here was published within the research task VEGA of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Science no. 1/0001/18 called Preparation for ageing and old age - possibilities of andragogical intervention.
