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Title: Lifelong learning, competences, career and discrimination of older workers: A critical-pedagogical analysis of international documents
Abstract: The general purpose of this paper is to verify whether some international documents consider the training and learning of older workers more according to a humanistic dimension or a dimension with exclusively employability-oriented objectives. The research design includes a qualitative investigation method, based on the identification of pedagogical conceptual categories present and recurring in the six different international documents under study, in order to carry out a thematic analysis of the most representative salient extracts of each conceptual category. The results of the research, on the one hand, confirmed what is present in the scientific literature of reference in which exclusively employability objectives are highlighted with regard to adult education, on the other hand, they highlighted an attempt to balance the humanistic and instrumental approaches in considering the training and learning of older workers.
Keywords: active aging; discrimination; lifelong learning; older workers; planning career
Title: Lifelong learning, competenze, carriera e discriminazione degli older workers: Un'analisi critico-pedagogica di documenti internazionali
Abstract: La finalità generale del presente contributo è di verificare se alcuni documenti internazionali considerano la formazione e l'apprendimento degli older workers più secondo una dimensione umanistica oppure una dimensione con obiettivi esclusivamente orientati all'employability. Il disegno di ricerca comprende un metodo di investigazione qualitativo, basato sull'individuazione di categorie concettuali pedagogiche presenti e ricorrenti nei sei diversi documenti internazionali oggetto di studio, al fine di effettuare un'analisi tematica degli estratti salienti più rappresentativi di ciascuna categoria concettuale. I risultati della ricerca se da una parte hanno confermato quanto presente nella letteratura scientifica di riferimento in cui si evidenziano obiettivi esclusivamente di employability per quanto riguarda l'adult education, dall'altra parte hanno evidenziato un tentativo di bilanciamento tra l'approccio umanistico e quello strumentale nel considerare la formazione e l'apprendimento degli older workers.
Keywords: apprendimento permanente; discriminazione; invecchiamento attivo; lavoratori anziani; pianificazione della carriera
Title: Apprentissage tout au long de la vie, compétences, parcours professionnel et discrimination des travailleurs âgés : une analyse critique et pédagogique des documents internationaux
Abstract: L'objectif général de cet article est de vérifier si certains documents internationaux abordent la formation et l'apprentissage des travailleurs âgés selon une perspective humaniste ou selon une logique exclusivement orientée vers l'employabilité. Le protocole de recherche repose sur une méthode d'analyse qualitative fondée sur l'identification des catégories conceptuelles pédagogiques présentes et récurrentes dans six documents internationaux examinés, en vue de réaliser une analyse thématique des extraits saillants les plus représentatifs de chaque catégorie conceptuelle. Les résultats de la recherche ont, d'une part, confirmé ce que rapporte la littérature scientifique de référence, à savoir une focalisation sur des objectifs strictement liés à l'employabilité dans l'éducation des adultes ; d'autre part, ils ont mis en évidence une tentative de conciliation entre les approches humaniste et instrumentale dans la manière de considérer la formation et l'apprentissage des travailleurs âgés.
Keywords: Apprentissage tout au long de la vie; Discrimination; Planification de carrière; Travailleurs âgés; Vieillissement actif
Title: Aprendizaje permanente, habilidades, carrera y discriminación de los trabajadores mayores: un análisis crítico-pedagógico de documentos internacionales
Abstract: El objetivo general de esta contribución es comprobar si algunos documentos internacionales consideran la formación y el aprendizaje de los trabajadores mayores más según una dimensión humanística o una dimensión con objetivos exclusivamente orientados a la empleabilidad. El diseño de la investigación incluye un método de investigación cualitativo, basado en la identificación de categorías conceptuales pedagógicas presentes y recurrentes en los seis diferentes documentos internacionales objeto de estudio, con el fin de realizar un análisis temático de los extractos más representativos de cada categoría conceptual. Los resultados de la investigación, por un lado, confirmaron lo presente en la literatura científica de referencia en la que se destacan exclusivamente objetivos de empleabilidad en lo que respecta a la educación de adultos, y por otro lado, destacaron un intento de equilibrio entre los enfoques humanísticos e instrumentales al considerar la formación y el aprendizaje de los trabajadores mayores.
Keywords: aprendizaje permanente; discriminación; envejecimiento activo; planificación de carrera; trabajadores mayores
Title: Aprendizagem ao longo da vida, competências, carreira e discriminação dos trabalhadores mais velhos: uma análise crítico-pedagógica de documentos internacionais
Abstract: O objetivo geral desta contribuição é verificar se alguns documentos internacionais consideram a formação e aprendizagem dos trabalhadores mais velhos mais de acordo com uma dimensão humanística ou com uma dimensão com objetivos exclusivamente orientados para a empregabilidade. O desenho da investigação inclui um método de investigação qualitativa, baseado na identificação de categorias conceituais pedagógicas presentes e recorrentes nos seis diferentes documentos internacionais em estudo, a fim de realizar uma análise temática dos extratos salientes mais representativos de cada categoria conceitual. Os resultados da investigação, por um lado, confirmaram o que está presente na literatura científica de referência em que são destacados exclusivamente objetivos de empregabilidade no que diz respeito à educação de adultos, por outro lado, destacaram uma tentativa de equilíbrio entre as abordagens humanística e instrumental na consideração da formação e aprendizagem dos trabalhadores mais velhos.
Keywords: aprendizagem ao longo da vida; discriminação; envelhecimento ativo; planejamento de carreira; trabalhadores mais velhos
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