The purpose of this study is to research the actual operating condition of the Elderly College attached to a church that is located in Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City and about how much the educatees are satisfied with the contents of education. T...
The purpose of this study is to research the actual operating condition of the Elderly College attached to a church that is located in Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City and about how much the educatees are satisfied with the contents of education. The research is done by revising and complementing Se-woo Jang(2002)'s thesis that is related to「the influence of the Elderly' education on the degree of life's satisfaction」for a master's degree, and the almost same questionnaires of the above thesis are also used. The object of this study is the 140 elderly people who attend the Elderly College over sixty five years old. 128 of the questionnaires, as effective data, were analyzed with the SPSS 17.0 program.
The derived conclusions from study result that is revealed through this research are as follows
Firstly, it is revealed that generally the elderly are in difficulties for financial problem, disease problem, loneliness and alienation, etc.
Secondly, the Elderly College has great influences on local communities and local residents. And generally it is regarded with favor.
Thirdly, research revealed that, as a result about general demand and improvement method, cultivation and training of the experts is needed.
Fourthly, research revealed the degree of satisfaction toward the Elderly College. The result was that the elderly were very satisfied. And, if possible, they want to receive more substantial education in contents. Like this, the elderly want to get a life of more valuable through the Elderly College. And they tried to have a new understanding of more elevated life's worth through high quality education services.
So the churches in modern society must endeavor to improve the circumstances and qualities of education with the motto「the Elderly College as the lifelong education and as the education for the whole person」, getting out of conventional operating structure of the Elderly College as a part of services for local society.
And at the same time, some programs about the existing Elderly College must be extended and reformed so that the Elderly College might position to occupy a lot as a education for the whole person. Then the church's view about public sharing also can be extended, so that it can be established as an social-level situation achieving ‘harmony and balance between the generations’.