Brief introduction to nouns:

The university for the aged is a classroom for the elderly to update their knowledge, a place for keeping fit and nourishing their hearts, a garden for happy entertainment, a platform for making friends and a base for intellectual development. With the increase of the elderly population in China, universities for the elderly rose in many places in China in 1980s. 1973, the world's first university for the aged was established in France.

The university for the aged has a very flexible way of running a school, which includes centralized teaching in a fixed place and remote teaching. The teaching content of the university for the aged is very rich, mainly including health preservation, cooking, art and so on. Empty nesters refer to those who live in a generation or live alone. With the rapid development of market economy, obvious changes in population structure, miniaturization of family size and changes in the values of the younger generation, the number of empty-nest families in China has increased dramatically.

Background of the times:

The emergence and rapid growth of empty nesters have aroused great concern from all sectors of society. Meeting the needs of the "empty nest" elderly has now become an important research topic. The needs of the "empty nest" elderly have the characteristics of the elderly's complete pension needs, that is, economic support, life care and spiritual comfort, but the requirements for spiritual comfort are higher, which are manifested in knowledge, health, enjoyment, making friends and behavior.

To meet the above five needs of the "empty nest" elderly, the university for the aged can play an active role. It is a warm home for the "empty nest" elderly. The university for the aged is the product of the times and the need to adapt to the aging society, build a lifelong learning society and a harmonious society.

The role of universities for the aged:

Universities for the aged are geared to the elderly. But education for the aged is the youngest education. Therefore, there is still a lack of experience and theoretical summary in running universities for the elderly. We should constantly explore and conscientiously sum up to improve our understanding of the regularity of running universities for the elderly. Universities for the aged should make full use of various conditions.

Achieve the purpose of helping old friends "increase knowledge, enrich life, cultivate sentiment and promote health", so that old people can learn, have fun and do something. To run a university for the aged well, teaching and management should follow the same educational laws, one of which is to give full play to the students' teaching subject role. Teachers and managers should not only proceed from the reality of students, but also rely on students to run schools.