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Promoting intergenerational interaction through collaborative learning — 'Growing and Aging' community reading program
Author(s)	Susan E Mason, Christa A Mastro, Michelle N Wirth
Journal title	Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 11, no 4, 2013
Publisher	Taylor and Francis, 2013
Pages	pp 444-448
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Activities of older people ; Reading ; Residents [care homes] ; Young adults [20-25] ; Students ; Personal relationships.
Annotation	During spring 2013, students from the Niagara University Introduction to Gerontology class met at a local nursing home to take part in a six-week reading and discussion programme. The goal was to bring together gerontology students, nursing home residents and their families in order to facilitate a simulating exchange of ideas. Participants in the programme were nine young adults aged 18-22 years and 13 older adults aged 60 and above. Each week the participants read and discussed a different chapter from Pat Thane's `A History of Old Age'. All the participants valued the programme both as a learning experience and as an opportunity for intergenerational interaction. This was a collaborative learning experience for university students and older adults. A unique feature was that it brought young and older adults together as equal partners. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-150605226 A
Classmark	G: HKM: KX: SD6: XN: DS
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