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Boivin, Nettie – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted elderly people as a vulnerable and excluded community, and connecting to the younger social media generation requires a shift in intergenerational storytelling performance. Recent research on multimodality has emphasized its benefits for the interactional process in storytelling. This study examines three…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Intergenerational Programs, Story Telling, Community Involvement
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María del Socorro Ocampo-Castillo; Regina Gairal-Casadó; María Rosa Valls-Carol; Itxaso Tellado – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
One current challenge highlighted by the United Nations is to increase the number of adults who achieve literacy and numeracy by 2030. This article focuses on one experience from an underprivileged Mexican school that implements "Family Education, a Successful Educational Action." Following a communicative methodology, we conducted a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Principals, Grandparents
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Hauschild-Mork, Melissa; Dailey, Rocky – Journal of Dance Education, 2018
Researchers analyzed data from 14 participants in a collaborative, interarts, intergenerational community partnership project entitled "An Evening with Harvey Dunn's Feminine Images," to understand the effects of the project design on participant learning. The year-long project included collaboration among faculty and students from six…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Program Design, Intergenerational Programs, Partnerships in Education
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Kazemek, Francis – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2001
Suggests many ways in which to connect with the elderly community. Notes that such connections are based on mutual needs. Describes several instances where elderly people were able to connect and contribute to the education of the younger community. (SG)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Generation Gap, Intergenerational Programs, Interpersonal Relationship
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Allen, Margery – Children Today, 1986
Describes a Channel One food co-op operated by senior citizens and high school students which involves the entire Rochester, Minnesota, community in growing produce, collecting food, and fundraising. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Cooperative Programs, Food