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"Positively Aging: choices and changes" — creating interdisciplinary middle school teaching materials using examples from geriatrics and gerontology
Author(s)	Michael J Lichtenstein, Carolyn Marshall, Linda Pruski
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 6, September 1999
Pages	pp 555-570
Keywords	Ageing process ; Schools ; Courses ; Multi disciplinary ; United States of America.
Annotation	Positively Aging is an innovative interdisciplinary instruction programme which has evolved from a 6-year partnership between working scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's Aging Research and Education Center (AREC) and middle school educators from Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. The innovative approach of the partnership uses examples from geriatric and gerontological sciences to enhance pre-college mathematics and life and behavioural sciences, including health promotion and disease prevention. This article outlines the background leading to the development of Positively Aging, the rationale for choosing the selected scientific area and strategy for model development, the programme's structure, and some quantitative and qualitative evaluations of Positively Aging. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-991022213 A
Classmark	BG: V3: VE: 3DM: 7T
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