CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTITIONERS IN THE FIELD OF AGING |
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| Authors: | D Barry Lumsden Betsy M Sprouse Donald W Hartley |
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| Institution: | 1. Virginia Commonwealth University‐Richmond;2. Faye McBeath Institute on Aging and Adult Life University of Wisconsin‐MadisonVirginia Commonwealth University‐Richmond;3. Kiski Area High School Vandergrift , Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | Institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada are demonstrating an increasing interest in the field of social gerontology. However, many practitioners already working in the field find it difficult, if not impossible, to enter “full‐time” formal programs of graduate study. Correspondence instruction could prove to be one of the most effective means of providing educational opportunities about aging to individuals either working or contemplating working with the aged. This paper summarizes the results of a study conducted to determine what is available in the field of aging through correspondence instruction at accredited institutions in the United States and Canada. There were 85 institutions offering correspondence instruction surveyed; 51 of these institutions (60%) offer correspondence instruction courses that are related, in one way or another, to the field of aging. A total of 99 aging or aging‐related correspbndence courses are identified. |
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