ISBN : 9782924651223
Year of publication : 2017
Nombre de pages : 282
Langue : Anglais#French</trp-gettext#!trpEnglish#
In this wide-ranging book, the authors examine studies and theories relating to cognitive changes in adults and other functions of the cognitive system. They focus on the cognitive characteristics of the adult and present an encapsulation model of cognitive changes in the aging adult, particularly in relation to his or her ability to process information, knowledge and thought. They demonstrate that adults actively construct or select, through Post-Formal Thinking, domains of knowledge that do not decline with age.
Amélie Lemieux, M.A., is a doctoral student at McGill University, holder of a doctoral scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and a doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture du gouvernement du Québec (FQRSC). Her M.Ed. research on reading in French (McGill) has been recognized by SSHRC (Joseph-Armand Bombardier Fellowship), by McGill's Faculty of Education (Tim Casgrain Fellowship for Literacy in Canada), and by McGill's Department of Integrated Studies in Education (Fellowship of Excellence, Best Presentation Award at the 2013 EGSS Conference, McGill Journal of Education Award). She holds an honours degree in translation from McGill University, and has participated as a translator and researcher in several research projects, all funded by SSHRC and FQRSC. Her most recent research focuses on transécriture, and has been published in the Revue de Recherches en Littératie Médiatique Multimodale, Myriades, and in a collective edited by Brigitte Louichon and Sylvain Brehm, Fictions historiques pour la jeunesse en France et au Québec.
André Lemieux, PhD, psychologist, is a full professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal, President and CEO of the Institut Universitaire du Troisième Âge de Montréal, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association Internationale des Universités du Troisième Âge and of the Board of Directors of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec, special advisor to the President of the International Federation on Ageing and assistant to the General Secretariat of the Association Internationale de Gérontagogie. He is a member of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec and the Société française de psychologie. His international reputation led to his participation in the American Association of Retired Teachers symposium, organized by UNESCO, which brought together 70 experts from around the world to define UN aging policies for the 21st century. A sought-after speaker, he is the author of over 45 scientific articles and books, many of which have been translated into English, Arabic, Spanish and Russian. He also directed the Education collection at Éditions Nouvelles from 1989-2016. He continues to write on the psychological and social behavior of the elderly.
