Políticas públicas para a educação gerontológica na perspectiva da inserção social do idoso: Desafios e possibilidades

Abstract

The article suggests the development of public policies for education of the elderly from a survey with young people and elderly living in the Federal District about relationship between generations, exploring the meaning of aging and its correlation with the presence or absence of bias between these groups. Furthermore, we also investigated initiatives of a few schools regarding the formation of values and attitudes in order to overcome prejudice and build bridges among generations. Data were collected by applying a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Scale for the Assessment of Attitudes Toward the Elderly and Inventory Sheppard. It was possible to observe a lack of activities geared to the elderly and their separation from other generations at the selected schools. The survey data indicates that education for the elderly should be part of public policy development and school curriculum, with the purpose of bringing generations together in order to overcome potential prejudice, enable the exchange of experiences and improve the quality of life and social inclusion of the elderly into the school life.