Course Components

Growing Old in a New Age

Course Components

Video Programs

Myths and Realities of Aging

How the Body Ages

Maximizing Physical Potential of Older Adults

Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality

Learning, Memory, and Speed of Behavior

Intellect, Personality, and Mental Health

Social Roles and Relationships in Old Age

Family and Intergenerational Relationships

Work, Retirement, and Economic Status

Illness and Disability

Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Societal and Political Aspects of Aging

The Future of Aging

Text

The recommended text is Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (2008, 8th edition) by Nancy R. Hooyman and H. Asuman Kiyak. The text examines the biological, psychological, and social changes that occur with age and how theses changes influence the interactions between the older person and his or her environment of family, friends, home, community, and society. Special attention is given to the concerns of aging women and ethnic minorities. An extensive bibliography follows each chapter.

Text Contents

Preface

Part One: The Field of Social Gerontology

Chapter 1 The Growth of Social Gerontology

Chapter 2 Historical and Cross-Cultural Issues in Aging

Part Two: The Biological and Physiological Context of Social Aging

Chapter 3 The Social Consequences of Physical Aging

Chapter 4 Managing Chronic Diseases and Promoting Well-Being in Old Age

Part Three: The Psychological Context of Social Aging

Chapter 5 Cognitive Changes with Aging

Chapter 6 Personality and Mental Health in Old Age

Chapter 7 Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Old Age

Part Four: The Social Context of Aging

Chapter 8 Social Theories of Aging

Chapter 9 The Importance of Social Supports: Family, Friends, and Neighbors

Chapter 10 Opportunities and Stresses of Informal Caregiving

Chapter 11 Living Arrangements and Social Interactions

Chapter 12 Productive Aging: Paid and Nonpaid Roles and Activities

Chapter 13 Death, Dying, Bereavement, and Widowhood

Chapter 14 The Resiliency of Elders of Color

Chapter 15 The Resiliency of Older Women

Part Five: The Societal Context of Aging

Chapter 16 Social Policies to Address Social Problems

Chapter 17 Health and Long-Term Care Policy and Programs

References and Index

Test Bank

An Instructors’ Manual and Test Bank by Nancy R. Hooyman and H. Asuman Kiyak accompanies the text. It provides a listing of key terms and concepts for each chapter of the text, several questions for use in class discussion or essay assignments, and a series of short-answer questions. Also included in this publication is a directory of organizations, journals, and newsletters in the field of aging. The essay and short-answer questions are available in a computerized test bank, stored on diskette. The text’s publisher, Allyn and Bacon, provides software and instructions for an IBM PC-based program called Testmanager which allows instructors to build and print exams from the computerized test bank.

Study Guide

The Growing Old in a New Age Study Guide (2005, 5th edition), by Kathryn L. Braun and Michael Cheang, provides students with a "road map" to the course and helps the student integrate the television programs and the corresponding readings. For each lesson, the guide provides the learning objectives; an introduction to the video and text assignments; a "key points" section that illustrates each learning objective through video and text examples; a list of important terms and concepts appearing in the lesson; self-study questions; and instructions for essays that may be assigned by the instructor. A glossary of key terms and concepts and a listing of participants in the video are included.

The telecourse study guide and other resources for the 8th edition of Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective will be available to students as a book-specific online supplement, titled MySocKit. Access to this resource will be through a code card packaged with each textbook.

Faculty Guide

The Growing Old in a New Age Faculty Guide (2005, 5th edition), by Kathryn L. Braun and Michael Cheang, is designed primarily to help instructors and administrators offer the telecourse to distance learners. Differences between telecourse and on-campus teaching are described and action steps outlined to assure a successful telecourse. Parts of the guide may prove useful in teaching traditional, on-campus classes or classes in other types of community education settings. For each program lesson The Faculty Guide provides:

Learning objectives

A short summary of the corresponding text assignment

A detailed description of the corresponding video, with time codes

Suggestions for student essay assignments

Suggestions for in-class activities

Selected exam questions and answers adapted from the Instructor Manual and Test Bank by N. Hooyman and H. Asuman Kiyak

A video index (see below)

Video Index

The Video Index in the Faculty Guide provides detailed descriptions of each of the telecourse's videos, with time codes, and a master index for locating segments of video by topic. Faculty who teach 50-minute classes will be able to identify short portions of the video that best fit the material they are presenting that day. Similarly, community-based trainers will more easily find the video segments that are most germane to their topics.