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Chun-Ting Yeh; Kai-Chi Huang; Pei-Yun Chen – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Since 2008, the Taiwan Ministry of Education has been encouraging government agencies and private organizations to establish Active aging learning centers (AALCs). This has led to the engagement of AALCs across communities in Taiwan. We explored AALC organizers' experiences with negotiations during program planning. Semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Adult Learning
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Karasik, Rona J.; Wallingford, Minetta S. – Educational Gerontology, 2007
As intergenerational service-learning becomes an increasingly popular means for providing gerontology and health professional students with "real-life" experience, it is essential to consider the importance of strong community partnerships. Drawing upon a range of intergenerational service-learning experiences from two programs at…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs
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Waites, Cheryl; Bearon, Lucille – Educational Gerontology, 2007
There is a need to train professionals across disciplines to work collaboratively on program development and implementation to address the caregiving issues prevalent in our aging society. The North Carolina State University Departments of Social Work and Family and Consumer Sciences provided a training opportunity for social workers and county…
Descriptors: Program Development, Social Work, Consumer Science, Continuing Education