Which of the Following Explains Older People's Interest in Education

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explains older people's interest in education as the result of many years of formal schooling causing people to return to school in old age?

• A) activity theory
• B) continuity theory
• C) dialectical gerontology
• D) social phenomenology

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