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Developing theory into practice
— researching intergenerational exchange | | Author(s) | Gillian Granville, Stephen W Ellis |
| Journal title | Education and Ageing, vol 14, no 3, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 231-248 |
| Keywords | Children ; Age groups [elderly] ; Older people ; Social interaction ; Schools ; Curricula ; Projects ; Multi disciplinary ; Theory. |
| Annotation | The views, theories and practice underpinning intergenerational exchange provide the background to an intergenerational mentoring project developed at the Beth Johnson Foundation (BJF) from 1996 to 1998 and evaluated by Manchester Metropolitan University's School of Education. The project is an example of collaboration between the academic fields of gerontology and education. It demonstrates how a multidisciplinary approach to research can enhance, inform and widen debates on ageing. This article explores the impact older people can have in an educational setting. It examines the mutual effect in developing and promoting intergenerational understanding. The study reveals significant gains for older mentors involved in the scheme. Evidence suggests that mentors become wise advisers and friends to identified individuals and groups of children in the classroom setting, and that old and young enjoy working together in an educational environment for their mutual benefit. The evaluation should act as a base-line for further research on mentoring and intergenerational exchange, and in enhancing co-operation and developing "active citizenship" in schools. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000411205 A |
| Classmark | SBC: BB: B: TMA: V3: V9C: 3E: 3DM: 4D |
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