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Intergeneration dialogue and mutual learning between German pupils and Jewish seniors
Author(s)	Toshio Ohsako, Marianka Cramer
Journal title	Education and Ageing, vol 14, no 3, 1999
Pages	pp 249-260
Keywords	Schoolchildren ; Age groups [elderly] ; Jewish ; Social interaction ; Case studies ; Germany.
Annotation	Within the context of the International Year of Older Persons (IYOP), this article contributes to a comparative analysis of the Innovative Intergenerational Learning Project (ILP), in which seniors are active lifelong learners. Encounters between German pupils and Jewish older people are an example of an ILP in which both groups - the young and the older generation - communicate and learn from each other. One of the effective ways to reduce group conflict is through increased opportunities for communication. The example described here is also an indigenous ILP in its historical setting. Since 1994, encounters have taken place regularly in Grindel, a former Jewish area of Hamburg. This article is based on a case study of that initiative. One of its conclusions is that the intergenerational approach, based on a face-to-face interaction and when placed into an historical perspective, can significantly promote better understanding between old and young people. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000411206 A
Classmark	SBM: BB: TKS: TMA: 69P: 767
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