Intergenerational Programs : Understanding What We Have Created

ISBN-13: 9780789007827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 244 str.

Valerie Kuehne

Opis

Thirteen contributions address the ways in which intergenerational programs affect children, families, and older participants. The four sections address conceptual foundations for research in the field; the impact of such programs; process-oriented research in the field; and questions and challenges. An epilogue discusses this type of contact as in

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Contents

• Foreword
•  Introduction
•  Section One: Conceptual Foundations for Intergenerational Program Research
•  The Intergenerational Field's Needs of More Ethnographic Research
•  Intergenerational Communities: Where Learning and Interaction Go Hand-in Hand
•  Intergenerational Theory: The Missing Element in Today's Intergenerational Programs
• Section Two: Intergenerational Program Impact
• Student Improvement in the Intergenerational Work/Study Program
•  Intergenerational Play Therapy: The Influence of Grandparents in Family Systems
•  The Mentoring Factor: Evaluation of the Across Ages Intergenerational Approach to Drug Abuse Prevention
•  Predictors of the Likelihood to Provide Intergenerational Activities in Child and Adult Day Care Centers
•  Section Three: Process-Oriented Intergenerational Program Research
• Intergenerational Interactions: A Descriptive Analysis of Elder-Child Interactions in a Campus-Based Child Care Center
• Elder-Child Interaction Analysis: An Observation Instrument for Classrooms Involving Older Adults as Mentors, Tutors, or Resource Persons
•  Section Four: Questions and Challenges
• Corporate Opportunities for Intergenerational Linkages: A Human Resources Perspective
•  Designing for Change: Attitudes Toward the Elderly and Intergenerational Programming
• Establishing School Volunteer Programs
•  Capacity Building Partnerships Between Indigenous Youth and Elders
•  Epilogue
• Intergenerational Contact at Intergroup Communication
• Index
•  Reference Notes Included   

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Valerie Kuehne