What Role Does Geragogy Play in the Delivery of Digital Skills Programs for Middle and Older Age Adults? A Systematic Narrative Review.
This systematic narrative review aimed to explore the implementation and delivery of digital skills programs for middle and older age adults; and understand the presence of adult learning theory (namely, geragogy/critical geragogy) in their delivery. A database search was undertaken to examine inter...
| Published in: | Journal of Applied Gerontology Vol. 41; no. 8; pp. 1971 - 1981 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Aug2022
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