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Polish phenomenon of Universities of the Third Age
Artur Fabiś
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5624-6232Renata Konieczna-Woźniak
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9848-2738Abstract
The text falls in line with the area of social gerontology as it focuses on one of the adult education institutions, the University of the Third Age. The following issues are addressed: definition of U3A, the genesis of the first U3A in the world, history of founding a Polish university for seniors and the role of professor Halina Szwarc, further development of the U3A movement in Poland, changes in Polish U3As brought about by the breakthrough year 1989, joining the European Union and technological progress. The issues addressed are complemented in the final section of the text with an overview of the present U3A movement, its characteristics, critical evaluation, and discussion over its further development and innovative nature of seniors' educational activities, which are an integral part of the local and national senior policy.
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University of the third age, senior education, learning, starość, edukacja w, edukacja w starszym wiekuMost read articles by the same author(s)
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