The purpose of this research is to explore how older adults learn through play, which I denote as elder play. There is little research on how adults learn through play. This preliminary research uses grounded theory to analyze how six older motorcyclists learn through their play. Six themes emerge that are common to all interviewees: They are passionate about this hobby, active and continuous learners, intrinsically motivated to excel, social learners, able to relax through play, and aroused by the challenge. Also they do not frame or intentionally consider what they do is learning per se, rather it is an essential part of being good at motorcycling and sustaining their ability to do this sport. This research uses Bandura’s social learning and Marsick and Watkins’s informal and incidental learning to explain how older adults learn and their motivation to learn.

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老年人游戏：关于老年人如何通过摩托车学习的初步研究结果

这项研究的目的是探索老年人如何通过游戏学习，我将其称为老年人游戏。关于成年人如何通过游戏学习的研究很少。这项初步研究使用扎根理论来分析六名年长的摩托车手如何通过他们的游戏学习。出现了所有受访者共有的六个主题：他们对这一爱好充满热情、积极和持续的学习者、天生具有追求卓越的内在动机、社交学习者、能够在游戏中放松并被挑战所激发。此外，他们并没有框架或故意考虑他们所做的事情本身就是学习，而是擅长骑摩托车和保持他们从事这项运动的能力的重要组成部分。