La educación para el ocio como preparación para la jubilación en Estados Unidos y España

Douglas A. Kleiber; Fernando Bayon Martin; Jaime Cuenca Amigo

doi:10.7179/PSRI_2012.20.04

Authors

Douglas A. Kleiber University of Georgia
Fernando Bayon Martin Universidad de Deusto
Jaime Cuenca Amigo Universidad de Deusto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2012.20.04

Keywords:

retirement, compulsory retirement, preretirement education, leisure, leisure education, aging (individuals), developmental stages

Abstract

Aging populations and extended lifespans have drawn increased attention to factors affecting the quality of later life. The assumption the education is primarily about youth has consistently been challenged and this paper argues that one of the greatest educational needs of the lifecourse is in managing the retirement transition. Specifically, this transition involves a dramatic shift of focus from work to leisure, but both of those concepts are subject to limited understanding and interpretation in western cultures especially. This article takes as its purpose the tasks of clarifying the meaning and potential of leisure in adjusting to retirement; elaborating the effects of different national retirement systems, specifically those of the United States and Spain, on adaptation to retirement; identifying the current status of retirement preparation programs in these two countries; demonstrating the value of giving greater attention to understanding leisure in these programs; and offering strategies for doing so.

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Author Biographies

Douglas A. Kleiber , University of Georgia

He is a professor in the Recreation and Leisure Studies Program in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services at the University of Georgia, with courtesy appointments in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Gerontology. He has degrees in psychology and educational psychology from Cornell University and the University of Texas, respectively. He is a past president of the Academy of Leisure Sciences and the author of Leisure Experience and Human Development (Basic Books, 1999), A Social Psychology of Leisure (Venture Press, 2011, with Gordon Walker and Roger Mannell) and numerous articles and book chapters on the significance of expressive activity and experience in adjusting to negative life events and other developmental transitions.

Fernando Bayon Martin , Universidad de Deusto

Doctor en Filosofía e investigador en Ocio y Desarrollo Humano de la Universidad de Deusto. Ha sido investigador contratado del Instituto de Filosofía del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CCHS-CSIC), donde es miembro de diversos proyectos adscritos a la línea en Justicia: memoria, narración y cultura, dirigida por Reyes Mate. Ha sido investigador invitado por las universidades de Tübingen, Zürich, Princeton, Yale e Iberoamericana de México. Su área de trabajo es la construcción del espacio público tras la crisis de la modernidad, a través de las relaciones entre filosofía, arquitectura y literatura. A ella ha dedicado numerosos artículos en revistas internacionales, así como los libros: “Filosofía y Leyenda. Variaciones sobre la última modernidad (de Tolstói a Musil)” (Anthropos, 2009); “La prohibición del amor. Sujeto, cultura y forma artística en Thomas Mann” (Anthropos, 2004).

Jaime Cuenca Amigo , Universidad de Deusto

Doctor en Estudios de Ocio y Licenciado en Filosofía por la Universidad de Deusto. Como miembro del Equipo de investigación interdisciplinar “Ocio y Desarrollo Humano”, estudia la significación del fenómeno del ocio en la sociedad de consumo. Ha presentado esta línea de trabajo en diversos foros científicos internacionales y colaborado en numerosas obras colectivas y revistas académicas.

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