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Puntil, Donata; Dias, Gisele; Kralj, Carolina; Deplessis, Cathy; Rylance-Watson, Elizabeth; Ma, Carol; Zunszain, Patricia A. – Student Success, 2022
The aim of this practice report is to discuss the implementation of a service-learning module developed to support the psychological wellbeing of postgraduate students and older adults in the community, with a view to fostering their connection and tackling loneliness in both populations. The module, 'Self-Identity, Intergenerational and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Older Adults, Well Being
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Fuchs, Steven J.; Cannella, Lee grace; Pisano, Susan – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2014
In fall 2010, St. Joseph's College initiated a partnership between the college, Northport VA Medical Center, and Long Island State Veterans Home that provides a therapeutic platform for the integration of the three communities through sustainable and mutually beneficial curricular and co-curricular service and experiential learning programs. In…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Experiential Learning, Therapeutic Recreation, College Students
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2021
This year's report examines the critical role community plays in education. Integrating learning that takes place inside and outside of school has always been a powerful strategy to support student success, but it gained special relevance this year, as school closures made family and community members integral parts of students' daily learning.…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19
Owen, Melissa; Wright, Paul – 1994
Howe-To Industries is an intergenerational entrepreneurship project at the John de la Howe School, a state-supported institution for at-risk youth in rural McCormick County, South Carolina. Expansion of this type of program into public schools could engage the community and school system in a mutually beneficial relationship. John de la Howe…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning, High Risk Students
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Johnston, Pat Holloway – Social Studies Review, 1998
Recounts the development of a CyberPals project between Redlands Unified School District (California) and Plymouth Village Retirement Community (California) to connect students with seniors via electronic mail. Discusses how the project was incorporated into the elementary social studies curriculum and its impact on the students. (DSK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning