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Peer reviewedNixon, Joan Lowery; Wood, Joan M. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1996
Presents two speeches from a library service preconference program. An author discusses her historical fiction for young adults and a Public Service Coordinator at Pekin (Illinois) Public Library focuses on interagency cooperation and her library's first intergenerational program. (AEF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Authors, Fiction, History
Heinrich, June Sark – 1991
In contrast to many senior education programs, the senior program at Triton College (TC) has as one of its aims bringing together younger and older students in both noncredit and credit courses without neglecting the need and desire of many older adults to learn in their own age group. The term "older students" is loosely defined at the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age Differences, Community Colleges
Handel, Ruth D. – 1990
An intergenerational literacy program addresses the needs of adult students enrolled in remedial reading classes at a community college. Their classroom behavior marked by passivity or anxiety, these students are usually able to derive the surface meanings of familiar text, but demonstrate little analytic or reflective thinking about what was…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Childrens Literature, Intergenerational Programs
Download full textWoodward, Karla A. – 1993
The Grandpals program at Oak Hill Elementary School in Overland Park, Kansas, meets teachers' needs while providing successful intergenerational programming. The first step in developing a program like Grandpals is to determine program goals, objectives, and theme. A next step is to determine the two populations to be involved. For example, whole…
Descriptors: Aging Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intergenerational Programs
Mountainbird, Pauline – 1991
A Massachusetts family literacy project, the Northampton Family Literacy Project, is described, in which adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners enrolled in a community educational center in order to learn English as their children enrolled in a child care program at the local library. Both groups were involved in language activities,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature
PDF pending restorationFiene, Richard – 1992
A multi-dimensional training program is being implemented in Pennsylvania to improve the quality of early childhood and child care programs. Training opportunities are provided for early childhood program and day care center staff, group and family home day care providers, and unregulated child care providers. The overall training plan is designed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Caregivers, Cooperative Programs, Day Care
Irby, Terry R.; And Others – 1992
Joliet Junior College's Center for Adult Basic Education and Literacy (CABEL) is responsible for providing adult basic education and support services for adults whose skills in reading and mathematics are below the 12th grade level. Its offerings include instruction in Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED), English as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
