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Learning by sharing — an intergenerational college course
Author(s)	Patricia P Pine
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 28, no 1/2, 1997
Pages	pp 93-101
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Students ; Age groups [elderly] ; Social interaction ; Courses ; Universities ; United States of America.
Annotation	Intergenerational activities involving children and older people in short-term programmes generally permit (at most) cursory or fragmented relationships. Simply put, intergenerational programmes resulting in two-way relationships between members of both generations are unusual. This paper describes an educational programme based on long-term, highly interactive intergenerational activities. It is based on a co-ordinated curriculum with educational objectives which involved college students in a term-long, educational experiential programme. The requirements of the course encourage extensive interaction between students and older adults in long-term care settings. This paper also describes three cohorts of students, and their responses to the older individuals they met.
Accession Number	CPA-980219236 A
Classmark	XN: BB: TMA: VE: V5: 7T
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