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Creativity
The Creativity Force: A Berenice D.
Bleedorn Site
Creativity and education articles by Berenice Bleedorn.
Creative
Class Exchange
Richard Florida's blog.
Purpose and Meaning
See
"Creative Wisdom" resources and book list
Are You Deciding on Purpose?
(Fast
Company)
About Richard Leider's "power
of purpose" work.
Changing Hearts and Minds Through the Existential Crisis (PDF)
By R. Scott Webster - Through
the existential crisis, beliefs can be identified, valued, prioritized and
authenticated.
Charting the Course of Research on Meaning Seeking
By Paul Wong - Our shared vision and common goal is to study the
wide-ranging effects of meaning seeking and apply these findings to promote
individual well-being, community health and world peace.
Meaning in Life:
Psychometric, Clinical and Phenomenological Aspects
By Dominique
Louis H. M. Debats - Summarizing this thesis on the above topic, the author
concludes with this quote from Camus: "I have seen many people die because life
for them was not worth living. From this I conclude that the question of life's
meaning is the most urgent question of all."
Aging Trends and Policy
See
"Creative Wisdom" resources and book list
The Future of Retirement
HSBC's Future of Retirement survey is the world's largest global study examining
people's attitudes, hopes and fears towards their later years. Explore the
results of this ongoing multi-national survey here. This survey on attitudes to
ageing, longevity and retirement was conducted among 21,329 individuals and
6,018 private sector employers in 20 countries and territories across five
continents. The results compare the attitudes of employers and consumers
regarding ageing and retirement. The content reflects analysis and
interpretation by HSBC and the Oxford institute of Ageing (part of Oxford
University) with whom HSBC has joined in a strategic alliance.
HSBC's Global Forum on Ageing and
Retirement
A forum designed to engage leading figures in ageing and retirement from around
the world - including academics, policy makers, business leaders and
other-related organisations.
Analysis
of ways to improve employment opportunities for older workers (PDF)
Philip Taylor - Report examines the issue of age and employment within the
context of the European Union. It provides an overview of trends in the labour
force participation of older workers and explores factors affecting their
employment and orientations to work and retirement. Additionally, evidence on
employers’ attitudes, policies and practices towards older workers is
reviewed.
Winning the Generation Game
(PDF)
British Government -
Report is about people over 50 and their employment. It highlights the way in
which economic trends, prevailing attitudes and demographic changes are all
contributing to a situation where increasing numbers of over-50s are being
written off - by employers, by society and by themselves.
Quality of Life and Well-Being
Gallup World Poll
The Gallup World Poll puts the world at your fingertips. In the largest
undertaking of its kind, The Gallup Organization is measuring the well-being and
overall status of the world's citizens for the next 100 years. Continually
polling a sample representing 95% of the Earth's adult population, the Gallup
World Poll provides access to the voices, hearts, and minds of citizens in more
than 130 countries and areas. Asking the same core questions across nations over
time enables leaders to compare data and identify emerging trends.
Individual
Production of Social Well-Being: An Exploratory Study
By Alida Christina van Bruggen
Retirement and Older Workers
See
"Creative Wisdom" resources and book list
Improving Employment Opportunities for Older Workers: Developing a Policy
Framework
(PDF)
Philip Taylor - The trend towards
early retirement and low employment rates among older workers (in the European
Union) have a complex set of causes and that public policy efforts so far have
made little impact on the problem.
Life
After 50: Issues for Policy and Research (PDF)
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Lifelong Learning
Documentation,
Assessment and the Digital: Teaching Interpretation in Design Education
(PDF)
By
Linda Yaven
Pari
Center for New Learning
Co-founded by F. David Peat, the Center is dedicated to education, learning and
research. It fosters an interdisciplinary approach linking science, the arts,
ethics and spirituality.
Newsletters
Human
Values in Aging
A monthly e-mail newsletter, covering late-life creativity, spirituality,
lifelong learning, and humanistic gerontology. Edited by Harry Moody.
Teaching
Gerontology
An e-mail newsletter, covering pedagogy and instructional resources for those
who teach courses in aging. Edited by Harry Moody.
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