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Kaplan, Matthew; Greenwood-Junkermeier, Heather; Bradley, Leah – Journal of Extension, 2019
The Intergenerational Leadership Institute (ILI) is a yearlong certificate training program developed by Pennsylvania State University for older adults (55-plus) seeking new lifelong learning and civic engagement experiences and opportunities to contribute to innovation and change in their communities. Data from participant surveys and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Certification, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning
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Sánchez, Mariano; Kaplan, Matthew – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Educational institutions in higher education both in Europe and in the United States are increasingly integrating lifelong learning in a context of sustained augmentation of age diversity among their students. Therefore, multiage and multigenerational classrooms are becoming more frequent teaching and learning settings. This article argues that…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Lifelong Learning, Higher Education, Mixed Age Grouping
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Lai, Alan; Kaplan, Matthew – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This article aims to address the practical question of whether there is educational value to embedding second-language (L2) learning experiences in intergenerational contexts. In particular, a case study was conducted of a novel, university-based ESL program in Hong Kong in which a group of older adult volunteers with a high level of English…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Kaplan, Matthew; Larkin, Elizabeth; Hatton-Yeo, Alan – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Intergenerational programs and practices refer to a wide range of initiatives which aim to bring people of different generations together to interact, educate, support, and provide care for one another. Insofar as there is such rapid growth in intergenerational program activity taking place at the national and international levels, it is pertinent…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Educational Practices, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Training
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Kaplan, Matthew; Liu, Shih-Tsen; Radhakrishna, Rama B. – Journal of Extension, 2003
A needs assessment of 161 Extension educators in family and consumer science and 4-H/youth development received 28 responses indicating preferences regarding intergenerational program content and delivery format. Results were used to develop curriculum and program delivery strategies and begin planning for a statewide intergenerational program.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Planning, Extension Education, Intergenerational Programs
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Kaplan, Matthew; Larkin, Elizabeth – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2004
What began as a case study of intergenerational initiatives in university-based early childhood programs evolved into a comparative study of two different program implementation processes. Despite operating with the same goals, university partners, and resources, two early childhood centers pursued fundamentally different strategies for launching…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Early Childhood Education, Universities, Program Implementation