Taiwan's Senior Learning Movement

Hui-Chuan (Peggy) Wei completed a PhD in Educational Policy and Administration from University of Minnesota, USA. Professor Wei is the General Director of Taiwan's Active Aging Learning Program funded by the Ministry of Education. She has overseen the program for over 10 years, ever since the policy enactment in 2008. Professor Wei is also a professor and the former chair of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. Nearby the university campus, Peggy manages a farm functioning also as a communal learning-based care center Active Aging on the Ark.Brian Findsen completed an EdD in Adult Education and Sociology from North Carolina State University, USA. Professor Findsen was admitted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame in 2012. He has worked in adult and continuing education in universities for most of his career, as an adult educator (teacher, researcher, manager) at the University of Auckland, AUT University and the University of Glasgow (2004-2008) where he served as the Head of Department for Adult & Continuing Education. Brian recently retired from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, and continues to act as a councillor for Age Concern Hamilton. Ai-Tzu (Iris) Li achieved an Ed.D. in Adult Education from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA. Professor Li is the current associate dean of the College of Education, current chair of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. Alongside Professor Wei in Taiwan's Active Aging Learning Program, Professor Li serves as a co-director of the program and the chair of the Taiwan Active Aging Association. Iris specializes in program planning and evaluation.