1. EduSenior Grundtvig Multilateral Project
“Evaluation toolkit on seniors’ education to
improve their quality of life”
http://www.edusenior.eu
Pilar Escuder-Mollon
Roger Esteller-Curto
Universitat Jaume I – Castellón - Spain
This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This presentation reflects the views only of the author,
and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may
be made of the information contained therein.
518227-LLP-1-2011-1-ES-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

2. Europe at May 2013, according to
http://europa.eu
EU-27 2012, more than 504 million citizens, in
Europe, in our countries, cities, neighbourhoods,
families, together with friends, or alone.
What could happen in next decade ?

3. e-
adoption
Inclusion
banking
government
services
1. New technologies and gadgets
2. Changes in Globalisation, but also in
local context, new challenges
3. New networks, links, power flow,
information sources, relations
between individuals, companies
4. An e-inclusion in the knowledge
society, and a lot more: e-banking, e-
government, e-services

4. Relative % of +65 population. Projection
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
2008 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060
Giannakouris, K. (2008) Ageing characterises the demographic perspectives of the European
societies, in Population and social conditions. Eurostat; Statistics in focus. 72/2008
1. But one change that will affect all individuals
(for sure) is ageing (to ourselves), in a ageing
society (to our environment)
2. In fact, one of the Grundtvig priorities is the
respond to the challenge of an Ageing Society
3. We propose to respond to that challenge
through education, but education on what ???

5. Lifelong learning
1. Babies
2. Childhood
3. Informal learning
4. Teenager
5. Adults
And the elderly ?
What happens when one person gets
retires from labour market, what they
can do ?

6. Wait ?
Of course not !!!

7. Senior Citizens’ University
Universitat Jaume I – Castellón - Spain
In the Senior Citizens’ University we
currently offer to more than 1000 senior
learners (average age 67) courses,
classes, and extra academic activities,
languages, ICT, dissemination, and also
in R+D

8. e-
adoption
Inclusion
banking
government
services
So for this always changing society….
What are the needs of the elderly ?

9. 1. It is easy to thin on the elderly and getting older with increased illness or
disabilities, that can be physical or psychological
2. With new role in life, retirement, new activities, etc. That requires adaptation
3. Changes in family, friends and society in general, structures, etc
4. That could drive to isolation or lowliness
5+. But also there are a lot of potentialities, the elderly have a lot of experience and
knowledge,
6+. It can happen that they have some free time, and in case they feel motivated it is
a good time for being creative, participative, learning, increasing intergenerational
relations, volunteerism, etc.

10. Competitiveness
Management skills
Technology
Job skills
Weexpectfor/fromtheelderly
(retired)tobemore…
Whatisimportantforthem?
Self-determination
QUALITY OF LIFE
Integrated
Active
Safe
Healthy
Productive
Rights
Their interpersonal relations
Emotional well-being
Social Inclusion
All this characteristics are part of “Quality of Life” dimensions and facets from World Health
Organisation, Cummins and Schalock.
The research done is available at http://www.edusenior.eu
Perceived control
1. Which skills and competences should we teach tem ?. (black) no
2. (red). We expect them to be more….
3. (blue) What is important for them…
Isn’t this logical ?
All these characteristics can be considered from one single
perspective QUALITY OF LIFE
In fact, are part of the Quality of Life Definitions

11. Quality of Life can be increased
through education, but …
• It is not not about teaching content, but also
competences, skills and attitudes: it is a complex
socio-educational activity
• It requires specific pedagogies, courses, activities,
and models of education
• It is a long-term objective, that impacts senior
learners but it is also beneficial for the society in
general
Our aim:
1. Increase staff and trainers competences, and
2. the quality of the institutions that are focused
to senior learners

12. Evaluation toolkit on seniors’ education to
improve their quality of life
http://www.edusenior.eu
This project has been
funded with support from
the European Commission.
This presentation reflects
the views only of the
author, and the Commission
cannot be held responsible
for any use which may be
made of the information
contained therein.
518227-LLP-1-2011-1-ES-
GRUNDTVIG-GMP
Because previous reasons and
aims, we started the EduSenior
Project in 2011. It is going to
end in October. We are
currently finishing the
evaluation phase.

13. The results of the Analysis and Research can be found at
http://www.edusenior.eu
The project is based on three pillars
Quality of life, Senior Citizens, Education
Research already done can be
downloaded from the project website

14. The guide has not been yet published (now just in process of quality
improvement), you can follow @QEduSen to know more
This is the
educational
guide produced

15. The 7 chapters of the guide try to answer
Why, What, How and Who questions about
the Education to Elderly to increase their
Quality of Life
They provide the basic background with
practical experiences, good practises and local
information

16. The evaluation tool has not been yet published (now just in process of
quality improvement), you can follow @QEduSen to know more
This is the
toolkit for
evaluation

17. • Educational dimensions: premises, organisation, models, pedagogy,
courses, activities, staff
• Quality of life dimensions: physical and psychological well being, perceived
control, social integration, participation, personal fulfilment, growth
7 quality of life dimensions,
joined the 7 educational
dimensions to produce 38
indicators for assessment

18. Educational institution include: managers,
specialists, trainers, facilitators, etc.
RESPONSABILITIES & COMPETENCES
The toolkit for evaluation do not aim to asses the Quality of
Life of the students, but the effectiveness and quality of the
institution, which includes the Educational Action, and the
impact caused to the learners

19. Evaluation toolkit: Indicators for Assessment
1. Accessibility
2. Meeting points
3. Spaces for participation
4. Institutional self-evaluation
5. Social activity promotion
6. Senior’s requirements
evaluation
7. Participation of learners in
management
8. Learning provider
9. Learners’ accreditation
10. Acquiring social attitudes
informally
11. Formal learning provider
12. Formal learning groups
13. Comprehensive educational
activity
14. Intergenerational learning
15. Constructive pedagogy
16. Learn by research
17. Participatory pedagogy
18. Learn to learn
19. Competences for life changes
20. Digital adoption
21. Physical
22. Languages
23. Problem-based learning
24. Psychological well-being
25. Cultural trips
26. Informal learning outside the
classroom
27. Increase in cognitive skills
28. Social meetings
29. Artistic performances
30. Volunteering as a social
contribution
31. Digital inclusion
32. Expertise exchange
33. Artistic creativity
34. Gerontology training
35. Intercultural awareness,
diversity and multiculturalism
36. Trainers communication skills
37. Professional burnout and stress
management
38. Motivation and optimism
Each indicator includes:
• a justification
• the requirements
recommendations
for implementation
Each indicator belongs
to one educational
dimension and at least
one QoL dimension
There are 38 indicators, each of them belongs
to one or more educational dimension and
quality of life dimensions (see the booklet to
know more)
The most challenging activity to uncover this
indicators has been to detail them, adding
justifications, requirements and
recommendations

20. Why is the Toolkit useful for ?
1. To find an institution’s weaknesses and
potentialities and raise its quality
2. for accreditation
3. to uncover/discover educational
characteristics
4. to recognise some important issues of one
educational institution
5. To provide clear characteristics with
recommendations,

21. You can use the evaluation toolkit to find an
institution’s weaknesses and potentialities and raise
its quality

22. The toolkit can be used for accreditation by external evaluators
and for advice and recommendations about how to improve
the quality of your institution

23. The toolkit can be used to uncover/discover the most suitable
educational characteristics that can impact
seniors’ quality of life and its relation
•Educational dimensions: premises, organisation, models, pedagogy, courses,
activities, staff
•Quality of life dimensions: physical and psychological well being, perceived
control, social integration, participation, personal fulfilment, growth

24. The toolkit can be used to recognise some important issues of
one educational institution for: study visit, exchange of best
practises, experiences, classification of the characteristics, etc

25. Indicators provide clear characteristics with recommendations,
that can be transferred and applied,
far from general and broad concepts
Strategy
Tactic
Operational

26. Follow: @QEduSen
Hashtag: #QEduSen
http://edusenior.uji.es/facebook
Project booklet
Project web site
http://www.edusenior.eu
Open for registration an on-line course
(part of the testing and quality increase work package)
Roger Esteller-Curto (esteller@uji.es)
Pilar Escuder-Mollon (mollon@uji.es)
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