Aging Education in a Global Context

ISBN-13: 9780789030801 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 170 str.

Dena Shenk; Lisa Groger

Opis

Presents a set of papers based on selected proceedings from the 2004 Association for Gerontology in Higher Education annual conference. This book provides educators with fresh viewpoints and practical information on which to base the teaching strategies. It is useful for gerontology educators and educators addressing cross-cultural aging issues.

Spis treści

• Introduction: Aging Education in a Global Context (Dena Shenk and Lisa Groger)
  
• Globalization and the Experiences of Aging (Christine L. Fry)
  
• Course Design on Aging: Incorporating Cross-Cultural Perspectives that Challenge Assumptions About Assessment and Service Delivery (Kathryn Sabrena Elliott)
  
• Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Thanatology: Through a Prism of Religious Faiths (Monica Nandan)
  
• Heroes of Their Own Stories: Expressions of Aging in International Cinema (Robert E. Yahnke)
  
• Teaching Cross-Cultural Aging: Using Literary Portrayals of Elders from Chile and the United States (Barbara Waxman)
  
• Gerontology Programs in Japanese Higher Education: A Brief History, Current Status, and Future Prospects (Noriko Tsukada and Toshio Tatara)
  
• Gerontology Education and Research in Kenya: Establishing a U.S.-African Partnership in Aging (Sharon V. King, Mugo Gachuhi, Gillian Ice, Maria Cattell, and Frank Whittington)
  
• Teaching Chinese Health Care Professionals About Community-Based Long-Term Care in China (Bei Wu)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Dena Shenk, Lisa Groger