This paper examines the role of volunteering in later life as a context for learning and personal development, consistent with a life span developmental perspective. Participation in volunteer activities provides older adults with meaningful opportunities to enhance emotional well-being, mitigate cognitive decline, and develop social and civic competencies. Moreover, volunteering constitutes a vehicle for promoting lifelong learning, articulating a sense of care for the community, and sustaining the potential for personal growth and transformation. Drawing on data from a national survey on volunteers’ competences and a critical review of the relevant literature, this contribution underscores the potential of volunteering as an expression of generativity and as a means of recognizing and valorizing the competencies of older adults.
Roma Tre University, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-6774-9516
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Titolo del capitolo
Il volontariato come contesto di apprendimento per l’invecchiamento attivo
Autori
Paolo Di Rienzo, Giovanni Serra
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7.30
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Accompagnare la longevità
Sottotitolo del libro
Buone pratiche educative e formative per l’invecchiamento attivo
Curatori
Vanna Boffo, Michele Bertani, Donatella Bramanti, Rabih Chattat, Laura Formenti
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
628
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0743-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0744-7
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0745-4
Collana
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
ISSN della collana
2704-596X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5781