About EdUHK Elder Academy

Programmes introduction (video)

The Education University of Hong Kong Elder Academy seeks to provide learning opportunities for the elderly across as wide a range of its programmes as is possible.

The University also has a very special role in Hong Kong as the principal provider of teacher education and of research and development in education and learning. Those responsibilities include not just education for and learning by traditionally school-age learners, but also education and learning for and by adults – including older adults. The University’s work in this latter area gives it a particular responsibility in: (1) fostering public debate about elderly learning and education; (2) promoting public awareness of the benefits of elderly learning and of the issues that it raises; and (3) undertaking research and development in elderly education and learning.

Accordingly, the brief of the EdUHK Elder Academy includes not just the provision of traditional learning opportunities for the elderly, but also:

1. Public seminars to generate informed debate of issues arising from or impacting on elderly education and learning.
2. Tutor training opportunities and resources for tutors in Elder Academies across Hong Kong.
3. Research and development projects to add to public knowledge of elderly education and learning.

Mission

• To take a lead role in the provision of training and professional development of EA tutors and coordinators across Hong Kong.
• To undertake research and development work related to lifelong learning focusing on senior adults, especially within East Asian cultural contexts.
• To enhance public understanding of the role and importance of elderly learning and to contribute to the development of an educational culture in Hong Kong that actively embraces elderly learning and education.
• To coordinate the provision of a range of learning opportunities for elderly enrolment – both courses developed specifically for the elderly and opportunities for elderly learners to enroll in the University’s normal programme offerings.
• To seek to provide collaborative learning opportunities for faculty to contribute in a diversity of ways to the programme development and academic work of the University.
• To seek to provide opportunities for students in its teacher education and professional development programmes to develop their professional knowledge of elderly learning and education and to enhance their capabilities for working productively with elder learners.
• To seek to provide opportunities for appropriately qualified and experienced elderly persons to contribute in a diversity of ways to the academic work of the University.