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Brinker, Jay K.; Roberts, Pamela; Radnidge, Belinda – Educational Gerontology, 2014
This article describes the development and evaluation of The Game of Late Life--a novel education activity for the psychology of ageing. The game was designed to provide transformational learning where students imagine themselves as older adults and move through late life via a game board, encountering various life events along the way. One of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Educational Games
Sweeney, Mary Anne; Chiriboga, David A. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: This study was designed to test the effectiveness and acceptance of multimedia home safety programming by community-dwelling seniors. Design and Methods: A prototype CD-ROM was produced that required no reading or computer skills because the program included an audio narration of content and directions for operating the program on a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Safety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Bulot, James J.; Johnson, Christopher J. – Educational Gerontology, 2006
Service-learning (S-L) has been regarded as a relatively well-established and effective teaching pedagogy. Students who participate in S-L are more likely to learn more efficiently, more effectively, and remember more of what they have learned than their counterparts. Current studies have been done on the experiences of students in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Qualitative Research
Corwin, Sara J.; Frahm, Kathryn; Ochs, Leslie A.; Rheaume, Carol E.; Roberts, Ellen; Eleazer, G. Paul – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
In 2000, the Senior Mentor Program was implemented as an innovative, instructional method in the University of South Carolina's medical school curriculum designed to enhance and strengthen student training in geriatrics. This study qualitatively analyzed second-year medical students' and senior participants' perceptions of and attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Mentors, Altruism
Kaye, Lenard W.; And Others – 1982
An evaluation of the Seniors Teaching Seniors project conducted at the Columbia University Brookdale Institute on Aging showed that the demonstration program was regarded favorably by those who had participated in it. The project recruited 40 senior citizens who were interested in teaching a course at their senior centers and gave them 8 weeks of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Course Content
Owen, Gordon – 1985
Faculty from the Department of Speech at Mexico State University set out to design a course in interpersonal and public communication for lifelong learners that would be relevant and appeal to both older adults and younger traditional-aged students working toward certification as a gerontological care provider. The course was designed to teach…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Course Content