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| Mentoring between and within generations of gerontology students | | Author(s) | Dana Burr Bradley, James R Peacock, Dena Shenk |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 22, no 2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1-14 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Students ; Advocacy. |
| Annotation | The use of mentoring during the implementation of an intergenerational service-learning project is examined. An intergenerational mentoring model was developed, to include the students in two required courses in the undergraduate model, with the assistance of a student from the MA in Gerontology programme. Students were asked to work together in designing and implementing a programme focused on combining learning with meeting community needs. Three kinds of mentoring roles were identified in both group and individual mentoring. These include the roles of "door openers", "information providers" and "role models". This paper discusses the value of mentoring to engage undergraduates in gerontology, to provide a measure of advanced undergraduates' competence and ability to use gerontological knowledge, and to extend unpaid faculty resources in a gerontological programme. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020802210 A |
| Classmark | BG: XN: IQ |
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