国际老年大学协会主席一行到访浙江——

　　春天的杭州风景如画，美不胜收。在这样明媚的好时节里，浙江老年大学迎来了一位带着“国际风”的客人——国际老年大学协会（AIUTA）主席弗朗索瓦·维拉斯教授。
　　4月8日，维拉斯一行来到浙江老年大学参观访问。

琴棋书画迎来远客

　　维拉斯和一同来访的国际老年大学协会考察团其他成员首先参观了浙江老年大学校园。
　　浙江老年大学坐落于浙江杭州西湖风景名胜区北部，校园占地面积24亩，建筑面积2.3万平方米，古朴典雅、独具江南风格的校园建筑，与周边的浙江音乐厅、小百花艺术中心、浙江图书馆、浙江大学等构成了宝石山北麓一道亮丽的文化风景线。目前学校设有26个专业、66门课程、166个班级，共有一万多名老同志在校学习。
　　参观过程中，维拉斯表示，全球范围内各国老年大学都得到了很好的发展，但中国的老年大学是世界最好的。浙江省十分重视老年教育工作，浙江老年大学地理位置优越、校园环境优美、办学成果丰硕，形成了独到的办学特色。维拉斯希望能与浙江老年大学保持良好的关系，今后在新的层面上，特别是在老年教育科学研究、老年大学现代化建设等方面进一步加强合作与探讨，落实“一带一路”倡议，推进老年大学国际化交流，共同推动全球老年教育发展。
　　交流活动中，浙江老年大学师生表演了民乐合奏《喜洋洋》《采茶舞曲》、越剧清唱《严兰贞盘夫选段》、二胡独奏《战马奔腾》、京剧《珠帘寨》及书画创作等精彩节目，赢得了全场阵阵掌声。
　　兴之所至，在惊叹中华文化博大精深的同时，考察团一行纷纷上台与老年大学师生共同进行书法、国画现场互动。维拉斯提起毛笔，写下了一个大大的中国“福”字。

学术交流促进提高

　　参观完毕后，维拉斯出席了浙江老年教育学术报告会，为浙江省委老干部局干部职工，浙江老年大学、杭州老干部大学及宁波老年大学的师生代表作了《世界老年大学的现在与未来》的主旨演讲。
　　“老年大学是老年人从工作到退休的过渡，它为各个年龄段的老年人提供學习的机会，丰富了老年人的退休生活。”伴随着维拉斯的演讲，幻灯片上出现板书，台下听众或聚精会神地聆听，或有条不紊地提笔记录。
　　维拉斯围绕老年大学的历史、终身教育的成就和国际老年大学协会项目等三方面内容与来宾探讨交流，并介绍了全球老年大学的三种办学模式——法国模式、英国模式和中国模式。他表示，中国模式有强有力的政府支持，政府将老年教育纳入经济社会发展规划，在办学、师资、经费等方面给予支持和保障，办学成效显著。
　　学术报告会期间，现场气氛热烈，听众们就国际游学、老年教育的价值、国际社会对老年教育的政策支持等与维拉斯教授互动交流。
　　维拉斯表示，国际老年大学协会积极致力于老年教育创新发展和老年教育理论研究探索。随着中国“一带一路”倡议的提出，今后一个阶段，协会将重点就多元文化融合进行研究，有序推动“一带一路”沿线国家的老年教育事业协同发展。
　　据悉，这是国际老年大学协会代表首次来浙江老年大学参观考察，也是该校“常青园”大讲堂首次邀请国际老年教育专家举办专题学术交流。

融入体验江浙文化

　　4月9日，维拉斯一行还到浙江绍兴市上虞区参观考察。考察团一行实地参观了区非物质文化遗产展示馆和区老年大学，考察团用“活力”两字概括了此次参观考察的印象。
　　课堂上，老年学员或和着乐曲翩翩起舞，或结合茶道开展外语学习，或琴瑟和鸣谈古论今，或桌球对垒拳剑翻飞。参观过程中，考察团成员被课程内容和现场氛围深深吸引，多次主动融入课堂，与学员们一起泡制功夫茶，制作艾青饺，吹奏上虞青笛，穿上越剧服饰演绎“中国版罗密欧与朱丽叶”的爱情故事《梁祝》，与学员一起感受中国传统文化。国际老年大学协会执委桑托斯先生说，这是他到中国以来，所经历到的很好的学习和参观体验，这样充满活力、极具内涵的学习与生活状态充分展现了中国老年人的精神世界。
　　维拉斯指出，目前老年教育在全球都得到了普遍发展，中国作为亚洲老年大学最多的一个国家，老年教育工作走在世界前列。他强调，老年教育非常有意义，老年大学更是一个非常好的学习平台，不仅老年人在学习，对老年大学的管理者和学校老师也是一个很好的学习平台，可以在彼此的交流中增长经验。
　　（本文图片摄影：柴奋波）
　　AIUTA Delegation Visits Zhejiang University for Senior Citizens
　　By Lv Weifei， Sun Chenlin
　　On April 8， 2018， a delegation from AIUTA visited Zhejiang University for Senior Citizens. The delegation was headed by Professor Francois Vellas， president of AIUTA， an international association of universities for senior citizens.
　　The AUITA delegation visited the campus of ZUSC， which is located in the northern part of West Lake， a national scenic zone. The ZUSC campus covers an area of 16，000 square meters with a total built-up area of 23，000 square meters. The buildings are in the traditional architectural style of Jiangnan， the region in the south of the Yangtze River Delta. Snuggled comfortably at the foot of the northern side of Gem Hill， the ZUSC campus is in close neighborhood to a set of cultural and education institutions： Zhejiang Concert Hall， Xiaobaihua Art Center， Zhejiang Library， Zhejiang Children’s Library， and Zhejiang University. At present ZUSC offers 66 courses in 26 majors. More than 10，000 senior citizens attend 166 classes at regular intervals. 　　Professor Vellas commented during the tour that education institutions for senior citizens had developed well all over the world， but China did the best for senior citizens. He understood that the provincial government of Zhejiang gave top priority to education undertakings for senior citizens， as testified by the campus in the scenic zone and in downtown. He noted that ZUSC scored accomplishments with special characteristics of its own. He hoped that AIUTA would keep excellent relations with ZUSC and strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the study of education for senior citizens and modernization of universities for senior citizens.
　　The staff members and senior citizens of ZUSC staged a show to entertain the visitors. After the show， the visitors tried their hands at writing Chinese words in the calligraphic style and painting in the style of traditional Chinese painting. Professor Vellas inscribed “福” （good fortune） in Chinese with a writing brush， expressing his best wishes to ZUSC and his enthusiastic position for education undertakings for senior citizens.
　　After the tour， AIUTA delegation attended a seminar on education for senior citizens on the campus of ZUSC， attended by staff members from Zhejiang Provincial Administrator for Retired Officials， representatives of Zhejiang University for Senior Citizens， Hangzhou University for Senior Citizens and Ningbo University for Senior Citizens. Professor Vellas made a keynote speech titled “The Status Quo and Future of Universities for Senior Citizens the World Over”.
　　In the speech， the professor addressed three essential issues： the history of universities for senior citizens， achievement in lifelong education， and the projects of AIUTA. He briefly discussed the French model， the English model and the Chinese， the world’s three major existing systems for universities for senior citizens. He said that the Chinese model was characterized by strong government support. “The government includes education for senior citizens in its social development plans. Universities for senior citizens in China can easily solve the problems in offering a great variety of courses， in finding qualified teachers and in providing funds thanks to government support，” pointed out the professor.
　　After the speech， the professor and the audience members discussed a series of issues concerning the value of overseas study tours and education for senior citizens， and policy support for education undertakings for senior citizens in other parts of the world. 　　The professor said that AIUTA was committed to innovative development of education for senior citizens and to the study and exploration of the theories for education for senior citizens. Right now and in the foreseeable future， AIUTA was dedicated to the integration of multiple cultures and would take steps to promote coordinated growth of education undertakings for senior citizens in the Belt & Road Initiative countries.
　　On April 9， the AIUTA delegation arrived in Shangyu， a county-level city in eastern Zhejiang. The delegation visited a museum of intangible cultural heritage and Shangyu University for Senior Citizens. The delegation was deeply impressed by the vigor of the cultural undertakings of Shangyu.
　　Santos， an executive director of AIUTA， commented that the visit to the classrooms of the Shangyu University for Senior Citizens was his best moment in China. He noted that the Chinese senior citizens displayed the vigor of their spiritual world by taking such wonderful courses and leading such a life full of drive and energy.