Dimension | Field | Basic requirements |
Professional knowledge | Learners’ knowledge | 23) knowing the laws, regulations and polices about living conditions, development and protection of senior citizens; 24) knowing psychological characteristics and laws of senior citizens, and mastering the strategies of protecting and encouraging senior citizens’ mental and physical healthy development; 25) knowing safety knowledge; 26) knowing ways in which senior citizens serve others, influence others and contribute to society; 27) acquiring knowledge of reflecting on their own lives. |
| Curriculum knowledge | 28) understanding and mastering some curriculum knowledge about coping needs and expressive needs; 29) knowing contributive needs-typed, influence needs-typed, self-transcendence-typed curriculum knowledge. |
| Curriculum pedagogy knowledge | 30) knowing principles and methods of senior citizen education psychology; 31) mastering teaching methods and strategies of four types of courses; 32) mastering ways of evaluating four types of courses. |
| General knowledge | 33) having the knowledge of corresponding natural science and humanistic and social science; 34) knowing backgrounds of education in China; 35) having the knowledge of corresponding artistic appreciation and expression; 36) having the knowledge of information technology. |