National Academy for Educational Research

　　本計畫採行文件分析及比較分析等方式，檢視我國在教育改革的歷程當中，高齡者終身學習改革效益與爭議點，並進一步比較及參酌國外主要國家之作法，提出高齡者終身學習革新建議以及因應的策略。歸納本研究之結論為：（一）我國高齡者終身學習附屬於終身教育架構，為我國教育改革重點之一；（二）政府戮力推動高齡者終身學習教育改革，呈現相當的效益；（三）我國高齡者終身學習改革議題涉及法令層面、教育資源統整、高齡人力整合、學術研究範疇擴展、老化教育、退休準備教育、高齡者資通科技教育、課程內容與教學方式創新等方面，應尋求積極改善。本研究提出之建議為：（一）終身學習法應增加高齡族群保障條文，提供充足的經費與學習資源；（二）落實高齡教育為全民教育的作法，強化老化教育及退休準備教育；（三）高齡者終身學習方式朝多元彈性發展，兼顧機構式及自主式學習；（四）提供高齡者資通科技學習方案，並培育高齡資訊志工，促進代間教育；（五）建置全國性高齡人力整合平台及資料庫，充分發揮高齡人力資源；（六）評估高齡者終身學習改革方案之效益，並擴展高齡教育研究的範疇。

　　Through documentary analysis and comparative analysis, this study tried to examine the benefits and issues of lifelong learning for elders in educational reform and offered appropriate strategies for solutions by comparing and exploring the concrete measures of foreign major countries. Conclusions were summarized as follows: (1) Elderly lifelong learning, one of the educational reform priorities, was affiliated with lifelong education framework; (2) Our government endeavored to promote elderly lifelong learning in the process of educational reform and presented considerable effects; (3) Elderly lifelong learning should be improved with an effort in the following aspects: decree level, integration of educational resources, integration of elderly human resources, broadening of academic research, aging education, pre-retirement education, ICT education for elders, and innovations of course content & teaching methods. Suggestions were advanced as follows: (1) Articles for protecting the elderly population should be added to the Lifelong Learning Act to provide adequate funding and learning resources; (2) Elderly education should be put into practice as national education; aging education and pre-retirement education should be strengthened;(3) Elderly lifelong learning should be facilitated in multiple and flexible ways and both autonomous learning and organization learning should be well considered; (4) Intergenerational education should be promoted by offering ICT learning programs for elders and cultivating IT volunteers; (5) Building the national integration platform and database of elders to make the most of elderly human resources (6) Evaluating the benefits of the programs for elderly lifelong learning and broadening the scope of study in researching elderly education.