Transcript Keeping pace with an ever changing world

Keeping pace with an ever changing world
Project Grundtvig for the University for seniors
in Czeladź, Poland
This Grundtvig Partnership project brings together adult
educational institutions from Poland, Ireland, Turkey and
Italy. Project planned duration-2 years(09.2012-06.2014).
The main aims of our project focus on the challenges that older
people face in an attempt to align themselves with all the latest
and fast paced changes that are taking place all over Europe.
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The mission of the University for seniors in Czeladź
includes education, dissemination of lifelong learning,
active engagement in the social and cultural city life,
developing interests- all what makes a senior feel useful
and sensible. Experiencing ever changing world may
cause helplessness and loss. Participating in classes
and lectures gives rise to friendship and protects
people form feeling alone. It motivates to improve
both mental and physical state. It enables to create
new posiibilitie to fulfill dreams and ambitions which
had been given up when one had had to fit this into
their family and career life. The University for seniors
is the result of the cooperation between Czeladź
Community and Business High School in Dąbrowa
Górnicza, began in 2009. The City Library in Czeladź is
now responsible for coordinating this educational
project.
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Participants of the the University for
seniors in Czeladź during classes
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Senior students have a chance to take part in lectures and
workshops. Among the topics there were: psychology,
pedagogy, law, styles of living, medicine, new technology and
science – this is only a part of the range of subject matters.
Almost all the lecturers were academic teachers.
The talks were broadly about:
Modern financing – friendly for seniors.
Intuition-reading other`s thoughts, paranormal effects.
Church architecture
Fryderyk Chopin and Franciszek Liszt – the Pole and the
Hungarian – two brothers.
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Backbone – from the point of the therapist view.
Communication in conflict situations
Is Internet safe for our grandchildren?.
Life and work of Wisława Szymborska (Nobel laureate in
poetry in 1996 ).
• 9. Conservation of monuments.
• 10. Diabetes and hypertension – effect on eyes.
• 11. Precious nature: herbs for health.
During the last school year (2011-2012) 15 lectures were held.
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Participants of the the University for seniors in
Czeladź attanding lectures :
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Among the workshops that were carried out during the
last school year there were:
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1.Computers without barriers.
2.English classes.
3. Recreational and keep-fit exercises.
4. Floristic workshop.
5. Voluntary service for seniors.
Each workshop were composed of seven meetings.
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Participants of the the University for
seniors in Czeladź attanding workshops:
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The Second Ball for Seniors in July 2012.
Holiday atmosphere and the greatest music hits
accompanied graduates of the succeeding school-year of
the University for Seniors in Dąbrowa Górnicza and Czeladź
at the Ball for Seniors organized by the High School of
Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Almost 120 seniors danced together with the school
authorities.
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Ball for Seniors
in 2012
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While carrying out the first project task : Description
of the target group, in September 2012 we asked 92
seniors –attendees of the University of the Third Age to
fill in a questionnaire titled:
„The profile of an attendee of the UTY in Czeladź”.
The questionnaire contained questions concerning the
following matters: 1. Age 2.Education 3.Status
4. Whether the attendee of the UTY: lives alone or with
his/her family 5. Interests 6. Whether the attendee of
the UTY works 7. Reasons to attend the UTY.
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• According to the results of the survey most of the seniors are
between 61 – and 65 , and 64 are graduated from high schools ;
they are mostly retired.
• 47 attendees of the UTY live with their families , 45 live alone.
• Seniors are interested in: film, working with a computer/Internet,
tourism / travelling and doing crosswords.
• 88 answerers stated , that their motive for enrolling the UTY
was to gain greater knowledge; for 83 persons the main reason
was to develop interests; 64 answerers pointed motives
connected with making friends.
• Among 92 answerers there are 84 women and 8 men.
• In sum, we can alledge that all the answerers are deeply
motivated to participate in lectures and workshops offered by the
University of the Third Age in Czeladź.
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Thank you for your attention.
The presentation was made by the Polish project team.
November 2012
The project is realized with the finance support of the European
Commission within the "Longlife learning program".The publication
reflects the standpoint of the authors only and neither the European
Commission nor the National Agency bear responsibility for the essential
contents included in the presentation and for the way of using the
enclosed information.