활기찬 노년기를 위한 교육생태학적 관점의 기독교교육

Abstract

According to a 2018 Census Bureau survey, Korea's 65-year-old and older population is 14.3%, above the aging society standard set by the United Nations. Korea has already entered aging society, and as expected, it is rapidly moving to highly aging society. Predictions for the aging society have already been made by several surveys, but it is important to note that the changes that have taken place in European society over 70-100 years are rapidly occurring in our society in 20-30 years. This rapidly changing phenomenon we met with poor social preparation for aging society has become our reality. Like the ``Vigorous Elderly Indicators'' surveyed by the National Statistical Department in 2018, the life and activities of the elderly population have changed, but social infrastructure, culture, and policies cannot keep up. The elderly population over the use of internet is over 60%, the body is healthy, the demand for work and the ability to participate in society are increasing, and there is not much opportunity to accept or develop it. Starting from these problems, this paper discusses the Christian education that prepares for old aged people. First of all, this essay attempts to make a Christian educational suggestions that enable the elderly in our society to live a vibrant and energetic life. To this end, we examined the meaning and direction of old age education, and examined the social and psychological dimensions of old age, and aimed for a new understanding of old age from a positive level beyond prejudice or preconception. Thus, education for old age is not only a beneficiary or learner of old age, but also a learner and an educator, and a communicator of culture and an identity as a communicator of wisdom. We looked at that education structured in the learning ecosystem, education as a critical reflection on the body, creative education assuring cognitive flexibility, education about work as a rediscovery of vocation, relational education and spiritual well-being are pursued as partners in a new meaning of life. I suggested the direction of holistic Christian education in order to spend whole and energetic old age as an education for religious life.