Exploring the Developmental Path of Community-Based Elderly Music Education Driven by China's Silver Economy
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silver economy, elderly music education, active aging, community education, cultural elderly careAbstract
As population aging continues to accelerate across China, proactively addressing aging-related challenges has been elevated to a key national strategic priority. The booming silver economy has emerged as a critical driving force for upgrading elderly care services and optimizing people's livelihoods in the contemporary era. Serving as the primary daily activity venue for senior citizens, urban and rural communities play an irreplaceable role in organizing regular music education activities for the elderly. Such community-based educational practices effectively support the implementation of active aging and cultural elderly care concepts, enrich seniors' spiritual and cultural lives, elevate their overall life satisfaction, and encourage their continuous engagement in social affairs. Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of active aging and cultural elderly care, this study systematically examines the current status and practical bottlenecks of community-based elderly music education through a comprehensive literature review and policy analysis. It further elaborates the multi-dimensional driving logic of the silver economy from institutional, market, technological, and social perspectives, revealing how economic transformation creates new opportunities for elderly cultural education. Targeted developmental strategies are proposed, including optimizing institutional guarantee systems, renovating curriculum and teaching models, building professional teaching teams, integrating public welfare services with market-oriented operations, and balancing educational resource distribution between urban and rural regions. This research offers credible theoretical support and practical guidance for the standardized, high-quality, and sustainable progression of community-based elderly music education, contributing to the broader discourse on aging population management and cultural service innovation in China.References
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