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A Case Study of Counseling Graduate Learning Experiences of Two Women in Their 60s

  • Journal of Korean Hyo Studies
  • 2022, (35), pp.77-105
  • Publisher : The Korean Hyo Studies Association
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : June 2, 2022
  • Accepted : June 23, 2022
  • Published : June 30, 2022

Han, Sung Ja 1 Lee, In Sook 2 Han, Ji Su 3 Kim Soo Jin 2

1새봄심리상담센터
2성산효대학원대학교
3모아소아청소년과

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ABSTRACT

Background: Our society no longer sees the 60s as old age due to the extension of life expectancy and healthy lifespan. Practically, the 60s are a generation of pre-seniors who are in the process of aging, a time when they need to prepare for successful aging. Purpose: This study examines the choices and learning experiences of two women in their 60s who live their lives subjectively while refusing to age anymore, and explores the implications of graduate admission. Methodology/Approach: Through case studies among qualitative research methods, we want to uncover the meaning of the experience of participating in graduate learning based on information collected in a time-and-space context over time. Findings/Conclusions: First, two women in their 60s entered graduate school as they passed middle age to live a life that would benefit others through the invitations around them and the more valuable and rewarding work they had done throughout their lives. Second, the participants initially had a hard time keeping up with their young motivations in terms of physical and cognitive efficiency, but they did not give up and continued to participate in the learning. It also leads to transitional learning that incorporates a variety of accumulated life experiences as we move beyond middle age. Third, the meaning of the learning experience of the participants was to experience a change in the way they viewed themselves and their lives, and it emerged as a process that led to a deeper spirituality, to discovering the value of existence, and to self-integration. Implications: It will raise the need for a new perspective on old age, while at the same time providing concrete help to those who are preparing for adaptive and successful aging through new challenges at the turn of their lives. Furthermore, it is expected to be an implication for the education of counseling and filial piety practice among the elderly, which is expected to increase in the future.

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