Kompetenzen im höheren Lebensalter

Abstract

The study Competencies in Later Life (CiLL) provides, for the first time, information about central basic competencies of older adults. In doing so, two research approaches are combined. First, CiLL extends the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to the age group 66 to 80 and analyses correlations between socio-demographic factors and basic competencies assessed with the PIAAC instrument. Second, a qualitative research part shows subjective opinions of elderly people in different life circumstances about the relevance of the assessed competencies in general but also their importance in specific activities. Both information sources allow the analysis of correlations between life situations, biographies, individual attitudes and the assessed competence scores in the domains literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. The CiLL study therefore provides important data for educational planning and the arrangement of adult education and training offers in a rapidly changing society.