PS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Press Release, Australian Human Rights Commission, Government Of Australia

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Review Question 9 (Submitted Answer): Ageism in the Education Workforce
Australia is facing an ageing population. Life expectancy is likely to continue increasing and the
number of Australian residents above 65 years old is expected to double from 3.2 million people
in 2012 to 6.8 million people (20% of the population) by 2040 (Australian Bureau of Statistics,
2013). An ageing population means that we have to consider how government services are
provided to older persons and how workforce participation could change as older persons seek
employment. For instance, the Australian Federal Government has increased the retirement
age from 65 to 67 in 2013, which means that a greater number of older persons will be expected
to contribute to the workforce.
While there will be an inevitable increase in older workers, one of the potential consequences of
this is an increased likelihood for more older persons to be unfairly discriminated against and
stereotyped. Age discrimination and stereotyping constitute ageism, and your textbook
examines some of the issues and impacts of ageism (see Ch. 16). According to the latest
research by the Australian Human Rights Commission (2015), ageism is a considerable barrier
for many older adults and this is particularly so for workforce participation. In this assignment,
you will need to explore the key issues that face ageism in relation to older adults in the
workplace and with particular reference to educational settings. Your review question is: What
are some of the key issues of ageism that affect potential and current older adult employees
(e.g., teachers)? Identify and discuss these issues, and illustrate some of your arguments with
examples specific to your profession: the education sector.
Consider your answer from the three levels of analysis:
Individual (e.g., the employee or potential employee (teacher), their self-esteem, mental health,
stress, wisdom, resiliency and/or determination).
Relational (e.g., workplace relationships and communication, psychosocial development, family
and friends).
Collective (e.g., stereotypes and dominant ideas about older adults, media representations, law,
government policy and initiatives).
You may want to draw on some developmental understandings and perspectives that you may
have already learnt or have yet to learn which could be useful to understand the issues. For
example, Erikson’s psychosocial theory has a particular understanding of a developmental
stage during late adulthood. There are different theories of successful ageing, as well as issues
to do cognition, wisdom, and retirement. Some of these understandings and perspectives may
help to enrich your arguments further but you do not have to address all of them; they are just
there for you to consider.
Again, for this assignment, you will explore the Library databases to find two journal articles that
you find interesting and relevant to help write your answer. You will need to ensure that you
attach your two journal articles when you submit your answer for marking.
For this question, you WILL need to find and use two peer-reviewed academic journal articles
AND the textbook to answer the question (please refer to the unit outline for more detail). These
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Review question 9 (submitted answer): ageism in the education workforce. An ageing population means that we have to consider how government services are provided to older persons and how workforce participation could change as older persons seek employment. For instance, the australian federal government has increased the retirement age from 65 to 67 in 2013, which means that a greater number of older persons will be expected to contribute to the workforce. While there will be an inevitable increase in older workers, one of the potential consequences of this is an increased likelihood for more older persons to be unfairly discriminated against and stereotyped. Age discrimination and stereotyping constitute ageism, and your textbook examines some of the issues and impacts of ageism (see ch. According to the latest research by the australian human rights commission (2015), ageism is a considerable barrier for many older adults and this is particularly so for workforce participation.

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