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Recruit, Train, and Involve Retired Senior Citizens as Volunteer Aides in the Preschool Program.
Fine, Billye Joyce – 1986
To provide assistance to teachers attempting to implement a thematic, discovery-oriented preschool curriculum under funding conditions preventing a desirable teacher-pupil ratio, a practicum was designed to recruit and train retired senior citizens and involve them as volunteer aides in the preschool program of a church school located in the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Intergenerational Programs, Intervention, Older Adults
Bridging the Gap Between Generations: An Intergenerational Program Between a Public School, Senior Center and Two Private Nursing Facilities.
Gundling, Robert – 1986
Because no program existed in the Pottstown, Pennsylvania area which allowed children and senior citizens to interact in mutually beneficial ways, a practicum was designed to implement an intergenerational program in an elementary school attended by 540 students in grades K through 5. The intervention consisted of monthly meetings with volunteers,…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intergenerational Programs