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Older students as active citizens?

The relationship between older adults’ education and activities of citizens within the community has been examined in this paper. The analysis has been carried out within the context of lifelong learning, where objectives of strengthening employability and active citizenship have been clearly defined. This also includes adult education, where competitiveness for the labour market has squeezed out social and political dimension of a citizen. Documents' analysis and survey research conducted on the students at the University of the Third Age Zagreb have been taken into account. The perspective of users, that is, the third age students, has also been examined. The key question is to what extent education can contribute to the process of older citizens becoming more active in the community, which issues interest students most and which methods the university has most often been using in order to develop their knowledge and skills? Examples of activities which learners carry out in the community as a part of educational process have been analysed here, together with the activities that they have been doing outside the university’s structure, but for which they use knowledge and skills that have been acquired at the University.

lifelong learning, citizens, university, third age

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