Tapping the Potential of Educational Resources in Normal Universities for Elderly Education in the Context of Population Aging

Tapping the Potential of Educational Resources in Normal

Universities for Elderly Education in the Context of Population

Aging

HUANG Yunbei

(School of Educational Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou 362000,China)

[Abstract]With the acceleration of population aging in China, elderly education has emerged as a criticalissue in social development, and proactively responding to population aging has become a national strategy. Inlight of China's demographic trends, the evolving demand for elderly education exhibits three distinctivecharacteristics: a substantial supply-demand gap, robust growth, and a strong emphasis on offline delivery. Topromote the high-quality development of elderly education in China, both the supply of educational resourcesand the building of the teaching workforce are confronting new challenges. Tapping deeply into the educationalresources for elderly education within normal universities can provide solid support for the advancement of thisfield. Drawing on their rich and unique resources, normal universities can play a dual rle-serving as directproviders of high-quality resources for elderly education and as an important platform for cultivating theteaching workforce dedicated to it. Strategies for unleashing these resources include clarifying institutional goalsand positioning, integrating internal resources, and expanding external collaboration.

[Keywords]elderly education; normal universities; teaching workforce development

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