老年大学是所特殊的学堂,老年学员拥有独立的思维判断能力。丰富的阅历和多年形成的习惯,使他们不会轻易改变已有的观念和看法。但同时他们又信服真理,只要是反映客观现实并具有说服力的理论,他们便会心服口服。因此,老年大学要积极开展民主式教学,突出学员的学习主体地位,建立起民主平等,互相尊重、信任、合作的师生关系。就教师而言,教学中要注意充分发扬民主,尊重学员的主体地位,鼓励他们主动参与教学。教师要尽量淡化其教育者的身份和地位,不硬性灌输和命令,而是通过交流、沟通、合作、引导等方式,一起分析、研究,互相感受、理解,从而共同获得心智的发展、 Elderly college is a special school, seniors have independent thinking ability. Rich experience and years of habit formation, so that they will not easily change the existing ideas and opinions. At the same time, however, they convinced the truth that they would be convinced as long as they are objective and realistic theories that are persuasive. Therefore, elder universities should actively carry out democratic teaching, highlight the learner’s dominant position in learning and establish a teacher-student relationship featuring democratic equality, mutual respect, trust and cooperation. In the case of teachers, attention should be given to giving full play to democracy, respecting the dominant position of students and encouraging them to take the initiative to participate in teaching. Teachers should try their best to dilute the identity and status of their educators, not infusing and ordering them in a rigid manner. Instead, they should analyze, study, feel and understand each other through exchanges, communication, cooperation and guidance so as to jointly acquire the development of mind,