Education empowerment: help women always learn and learn, happy

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In the situation of aging population, how to empower the ability of women and elderly people through education, so that more female elderly people will not be outdated with the times, and enjoy the value of life and become an imminent topic. This article analyzes the theoretical value and practical value of women's elderly education and empowerment, and pointed out that education is the best way to "empower power to increase energy". Educational empowerment is a process of stimulating the subject consciousness of the elderly for the elderly. The purpose is to enhance the social capabilities of women's elderly groups. Education empowers women to the elderly for the elderly "old learning", "old joy", "old -fashioned".

■ Ding Liwei

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics on January 17, 2022 showed that China officially entered the aging society. According to the analysis data of the population census, the education level of women's elderly groups is significantly low, with about 32.62%of the unsuccessful schools, and only 18.63%of junior high schools. How to empower the ability of women through education, make up for the shortcomings, keep up with the times, and let more female elderly people participate in social affairs, and enjoy the value of life, becoming an imminent topic.

The theoretical value of women's elderly education empowerment

The "empowerment" theory originated from the "empowerment increase" proposed by American scholar Solomon in 1976. "Education empowerment" is the expansion of its connotation and extension, which means to improve the subject consciousness and social capabilities of vulnerable groups through educational methods to achieve the purpose of adapting to the environment. Female elderly education can have their own unique theoretical characteristics:

First, the object of education empowerment is the disadvantaged group of women. Female elderly people are vulnerable groups that need to be protected in society. On the one hand, women's economic status is lower than that of male elderly people, and life is weak. On the other hand, although female elderly people have a longer life than the elderly, the probability of suffering from certain chronic diseases is higher than that of male elderly people. It is the key object of family and social attention and care. The empowerment theory believes that everyone has the ability to change themselves, deal with life dilemma, and improve the living environment. The purpose of education and empowerment is to give women the right to change the disadvantaged groups through educational methods, and advocate that in the process of learning and communication, they gradually find the ability to adapt to the environment, get rid of the disadvantaged position, and obtain the ability to participate in society.

Second, educational empowerment is a process of stimulating the subject consciousness of the elderly for the elderly. Empowerment is a process of self -improvement and stimulation. Only when people have the main consciousness can people have the subjectivity and become the subject of the activity. Due to the existence of traditional gender inequality, women's economy and social status are weak, resulting in the weakness of subject consciousness. Studies have shown that some female elderly people are conscious and are unwilling to participate in social activities according to their ability, needs and preferences. In contrast, they are more willing to stay at home to do housework and see children, and engage in some seemingly trivial daily labor. Cheng Wei pointed out in the book "Women's Psychology" that women's subject consciousness is a process of self -reflection. Only by having the main consciousness can they play the main role and gain equal social status with men. Education is the best way to empowerment, which can activate the subject consciousness of the elderly for the elderly and change the passive situation of weakness.

Third, the purpose of educational empowerment is to enhance the social ability of female elderly groups. Education for women's elderly is a means rather than purpose. It needs to promote the self -improvement of women and elderly people by empowerment, and finally get rid of empowerment. How to make more effectively education and empowerment? The World Health Organization emphasizes that they encourage them to participate in social affairs on the basis of recognizing the value of the elderly. Studies have shown that the elderly participating in social activities can help improve the satisfaction of pension and have a positive effect on elderly life. Through educational empowerment methods, we can effectively change the ability to control life for the elderly, to cope with the ability to change through the social environment, and the ability to facing difficulty in self -coordination. Some healthy female elderly people can also realize re -employment, exert their heat for the society, gain a sense of society, recognition, and show the meaning of life.

The practical value of women's elderly education empowerment

Education is also known as the "third education", which is a lifelong education without fixed standards. Education empowers women to the elderly for the elderly to enjoy the right to educate, improves their subjective consciousness, stimulate potential, and finally realize the "old -fashioned" pension goal based on the realization of "old learning" and "old joy" Essence

First, education empowers women for the elderly for the elderly. The traditional view of pension believes that the elderly for women are unwilling to accept new things after retirement, disconnect from society, and difficult to integrate into the society. Education can emphasize changing its own ideas and rely on their own ability to seek personal value. This must be required to provide personalized and diverse forms of educational forms for the physiological and psychological characteristics of female elderly. On the one hand, you can provide the curriculum services of exclusive female elderly elderly people according to the age of low age (60-69 years), medium age (70-79 years), and aging (over 80 years old). For example, the elderly for young women can provide re -employment training courses in a timely manner; elderly people consider medical education courses. On the other hand, elderly education can be taught by combining online and offline. Online courses are more convenient, and offline methods can not only increase the sense of on -site experience, but also help women and elderly people communicate with each other. Education empowers teaching effects, scientific planning, and truly realizes female elderly people through educational practice.

Second, education empowers women for the elderly for the elderly. Women's elderly people are sensitive, fragile, psychological pressure, and narrow social circle, all of which directly affect the quality of life and happiness of the elderly. Education empowerment is an effective way for women to get out of their emotional trough through educational forms, re -examine life, and seek the value of life. On the one hand, it is a mental state of the active, healthy, optimistic, and upward of women through education. In urban communities or villages, some fashionable female elderly people often sing and dance, participating in the competition, and they live out the style of the elderly. On the other hand, education makes the elderly life more fulfilling. After retirement, the elderly in the elderly in their spare time is abundant. If the time is not "filled" in time, it may fall into a psychological danger of emptiness, boring and lonely. Education gives women the elderly for the elderly to get the opportunity to gain knowledge. By cultivating hobbies, life enriches life, so as to achieve the state of life of "old age". Third, education enables women to "do something old." Advocating women's elderly to receive education, and learning to achieve their own value through learning is an important means to deal with the aging of the population. The ultimate goal of education and empowerment is to help female elderly people maintain a positive attitude, use scientific methods to better integrate into the society, and finally realize "old -fashioned". This is also the "positive aging" concept advocated by the World Health Organization Essence Female elderly people can enhance their life value only when they participate in social activities. But the elderly for women are not easy to participate in society. On the one hand, society has long been prejudiced to female elderly people's participation in social holdings, which has affected their enthusiasm for learning. The elderly in women should strengthen their own consciousness and increase their courage and confidence in their own subjects with a positive attitude. On the other hand, it should provide opportunities for social participation for female elderly. Let them find their own talents, so that society participation not only becomes the purpose of "old -fashioned", but also the best window to show the right to protect women's rights.

It is not difficult to see through the above analysis that education is the best way to "empower power to increase rights". According to the physiological and psychological characteristics of female elderly people, the implementation of lifelong education activities with targeted, planned, and effective way can stimulate the potential of women for the elderly, enhance the survivability, and improve the quality of life, let it live a happier life Essence

(The author is an associate professor in Shandong Women's College)

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