教育普及是现代社会的特征之一。本世纪以来,世界各发达国家兴起的老年教育,既反映了现代社会教育普及的一个侧面,更反映了现代社会人口年龄结构的老化趋势和社会生活质量的优化。近年来,随着改革和开放的发展,我国各地兴办了老年人大学、老年书院、老年人学校等各种形式的老年学校,这是我国社会现代化过程中的一种必然现象。老年教育是一种社会文化和生活教育,是改善老年人生理和心理素质、更新知识和 Education popularization is one of the characteristics of modern society. Since the beginning of this century, the education for the aged in various developed countries in the world has not only reflected one aspect of popularization of education in modern society, but also reflected the aging trend of the population age structure in modern society and the optimization of social life quality. In recent years, along with the development of reform and opening up, various forms of senile schools such as seniors’ colleges, seniors’ academies and seniors’ schools have been established in various parts of the country. This is an inevitable phenomenon in the process of social modernization in our country. Elderly education is a social culture and life education, is to improve the physical and psychological quality of the elderly, to update knowledge and