Education as a key trend of active longevity

Abstract

The article is devoted to the new model of old age. It is described a positive change in older generation’s quality. The possibility of individual and personal development of an elderly person is justified. The abroad experience of education of elderly people is described. Also the spectrums of leisure-time activities, giving them a sense of relevance and involvement in society, are defined. The factors of increasing the social activity of pensioners are revealed, the possibilities of satisfying their educational needs with the use of various forms of supporting and developing intellectual abilities and the formation of communicative competencies are considered. The productive forms of including older people in the educational process are described. The direction of the education system for the elderly is substantiated for the realization of their social subjectness. The ways of reformatting the work with people of the «third age» are outlined. The latter demand the introduction of the subject-subject approach in the implementation of the active aging strategy. The main directions of increasing the social status of the elderly are identified.