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Charlotte Löfqvist; Maria Haak; Catharina Melander; Gudrun Edgren; Søren S. B. Bengtsen; Susanne Iwarsson – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
The aim is to describe the development of a novel interdisciplinary graduate school, using the Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH) as a case example. We explore doctoral students' perceptions of being part of SWEAH and provide implications for practice. Written self-reports reflecting 78 students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Study
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Lavery, Angela; Knight, Erin; Cole, Stephanie; Metz, Stacie – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
This article presents an interdisciplinary collaboration to address the needs of older adults at risk of social isolation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An intergenerational service-learning program developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging was offered to several universities across the state of Pennsylvania. The authors share their…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Intergenerational Programs, Service Learning, Older Adults
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Auais, Mohammad; Cameron, Julie; Turnnidge, Jennifer; Dalgarno, Nancy; Kolomitro, Klodiana; Pelland, Lucie – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: To describe the creation of an educational podcast with 'living cases' of older adults to support students' learning on a gerontology course and report on students' evaluation of the project. Setting: Gerontology course in a graduate programme. Method: We developed a podcast series based on interviews with older adults in the community…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Gerontology
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Appel, Lora; Lewis, Samantha; Kisonas, Erika; Recknagel, Jennifer – Educational Gerontology, 2022
The VRCHIVE workshop was a first-of-its-kind exploratory pilot initiative to examine the feasibility of running a remote, intergenerational Virtual Reality (VR) storytelling workshop through the Toronto Public Library. The workshop took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has highlighted a need to develop solutions to address the digital…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Intergenerational Programs, Workshops, Public Libraries