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Brücknerová, Karla; Novotný, Petr – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This article interprets data from qualitative research into intergenerational learning (IGL) among teachers at Czech primary and secondary schools. The objective of the text is to answer the question: "What are teachers of different generations learning from one another in schools and in what ways does this learning take place?" Drawing…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Intergenerational Programs, Faculty Development, Qualitative Research
Stiegelbauer, Suzanne – 1992
This paper describes an image of the learner and the relationship of the learner to society from the perspective of a set of Mohawk and Ojibway Elders participating in an Elders and Traditional Teachers Advisory Council at a Native Center in Toronto. Information from the Elders is presented in the following sequence: (1) traditional views of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
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Gallagher, James J.; Hogan, Kathleen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2000
Contends that science education researchers should devote more time to creating and studying models of intergenerational and community-based science education. Argues that such inquiries have the potential to provoke new thinking that could expand basic conceptions of what it means to learn and practice science. (WRM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Abbott, John; Ryan, Terry – 2000
This document cites theoretical works and actual cases to examine the notion of community as the web of learning. The first half of the document explores the different perspectives about the concept of community and traces the evolved nature of community through an overview of how humans have banded together to form communities from the early days…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Community Action