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Alison Cook-Sather; Abyssinia Braud; Brisa Kane; Abhirami Suresh – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2024
Higher education students, formally adults, are nevertheless subject to adultism. The co-authors of this article--the director of the Students as Teachers and Learners (SaLT) program and three undergraduates who have worked in pedagogical partnership with faculty through SaLT--discuss how this program counters adultism on three levels:…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Power Structure, Age, Higher Education
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Shepard, John W.; And Others, Eds. – Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 1991
Includes "Leisureman and the Future of Life Planning" (Edwards); "Leisure: A Hidden Counseling Tool" (Zorn, Kimeldorf); "Breakthrough in Productivity" (Faulkner); "Volunteerism" (Schindler-Rainman); "Building Bridges" (Larkin, Burdick); "Religion" (Whitten); "Knowledge of…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adults, Age Discrimination
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Ponzo, Zander – Counseling and Values, 1981
Discusses aspects of age prejudice including: age restrictiveness, age distortion, and ageism. Considers social changes related to age prejudice. Describes a University of Vermont course in age prejudice. Includes a table listing cognitive, affective, and behavioral objectives for the reduction of age discrimination. (RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals)
Swindell, Rick, Ed. – 1991
These conference proceedings contain nine theme papers from a conference on the University of the Third Age (U3A); the concept of positive aging; and new directions in political thinking, education, health, and social services. An introduction by the conference coordinator, Geoff Cawthorne, begins the volume. The papers are as follows:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning