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Polat, Soner; Okçu, Yildiz; Çelik, Çaglar – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
The purpose of the study was to explore the requirements of schools to increase intergenerational learning, collaboration and solidarity amongst the Baby Boomers, X and Y generations, based on the views of school principals. The research focused on how to create spaces for interaction among different generations and what consequences will arise…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, School Space
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Klein, Sara; Watted, Shefa; Zion, Michal – Environmental Education Research, 2021
This study focuses on the impact of an intergenerational sustainability leadership project on the development of students' environmental literacy. The project involved high-school students and older adults in the community who learned and worked together on environmental issues developing original initiatives over a period of three years. The…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, School Community Programs, High School Students, Adolescents
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Bennett, Jo – American Secondary Education, 2016
This qualitative study considered how a high school in the south central United States serving predominantly immigrant students from Mexico and Central America made use of older Hispanic or Latino staff members as surrogate or stand-in grandparents (fondly called "abuelitos" by the students). The caring, intergenerational relationships…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Immigrants, Hispanic American Students, Older Adults
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Alant, Erna; Geyer, Stephan; Verde, Michael – Perspectives in Education, 2015
This article describes the implementation and outcomes of an experiential learning approach to facilitate the development of empathetic skills among teachers and learners at two high schools in Tshwane, South Africa. An inter-generational training programme, the Memory Bridge Initiative (MBI), aimed at exposing participants to interactions with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Empathy, Experiential Learning, Skill Development