The long age of learning
Thanks in part to sanitation workers and physicians, people today will far outlive their counterparts of centuries past. But what will the quality of life be like during those extra decades?
The answer to that question has huge implications for education, says Laura Carstensen, the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy and a professor of psychology at 海角乱伦社区.
鈥淚n this era of very, very long life, learning is going to have to be continuous,鈥 said Carstensen, also the founding director of the 海角乱伦社区 Center on Longevity. 鈥淥ne of the skills I think we need to begin to teach children is how to not only learn something, but then how to unlearn it and learn something new.鈥
On this episode of School鈥檚 In, Carstensen joins 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education Dean Dan Schwartz and guest host Marily Oppezzo to talk about how people鈥檚 relationship with learning changes as they age (or why grandpa still can鈥檛 figure out texting), and the importance of education and exercise on decreasing the likelihood of getting diseases.
Even without the threat of disease, she says, aging can cause problems when it comes to remembering things like sources of information, which could lead to the spread of fake news.
鈥淭here are changes that occur with age that are unwelcome, and we should be concerned about finding ways to address them,鈥 Carstensen said.
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