An 8-week intergenerational program matched 19 African-American teenagers with 19 elderly persons. Compared to a 20-teen control group, participating youth had significantly changed attitudes toward the elderly and aging. Older adults also had positive attitudes toward youth. (SK)

"Guide of Ideas for Planning and Implementing Intergenerational Projects," is for all professionals that are or wish to be enrolled in the development of intergenerational activities. This "Guide" is the main product of the Project MATES--Mainstreaming Intergenerational Solidarity, co-financed by the Lifelong Learning…

Overviews evolving program of interdisciplinary, multimethod research concerned with intergenerational communication. Concludes from studies that young people process and respond to speech of older people in stereotypical ways. Uses lifespan and intercultural perspectives to argue that communicative patterns observed in studies are sometimes…

Notes how Western society fears and resists growing old, and points out that educators, along with the rest of society, have little to do with the elderly. Challenges literacy educators to include the elderly and foster connections between the new and the old, and the young and the old. Suggests reading the Foxfire books for inspiration. (SR)

This version of "Guide of Ideas for Planning and Implementing Intergenerational Projects," written in Portuguese, is for all professionals that are or wish to be enrolled in the development of intergenerational activities. This "Guide" is the main product of the Project MATES--Mainstreaming Intergenerational Solidarity,…

This version of "Guide of Ideas for Planning and Implementing Intergenerational Projects," written in Spanish, is for all professionals that are or wish to be enrolled in the development of intergenerational activities. This "Guide" is the main product of the Project MATES--Mainstreaming Intergenerational Solidarity,…

Seventh graders (n=98) participated in a 1-week module involving study of the aging process and visits with older adults. Pre/postprogram data revealed significant improvement in age perception, attitudes about personal attributes of older people, and involvement with elders. However, scores on a facts on aging quiz dropped significant. (SK)

Section I of this paper notes that, because the mandate of this paper is to explore the potential contributions of older adults to adolescent development, its particular focus will be on elder service initiatives and on the practices and policies required to stimulate intergenerational cooperation. The argument is offered that engaging elders to…

This document contains a brief bibliography of peer-reviewed literature, with abstracts, on intergenerational relationships. It is one of 12 bibliographies on aging prepared by the National Agricultural Library for its "Pathfinders" series of publications. Topics covered by the other 11 bibliographies include aging parents, adult…

An experimental group of 22 undergraduates (including 10 over age 55) took a course with an intergenerational service learning component. Compared to 22 controls, results showed the course increased knowledge about aging processes and improved attitudes toward aging. (SK)

Instruction on aging and stereotypes was followed by weekly visits by 22 fourth-graders to elderly nursing home residents. Students' attitudes toward elders were mixed, but their attitudes toward their own aging changed positively and empathy increased. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Comparison of 18 3-5 year-olds who interacted with older adults in an intergenerational day care setting with 15 in regular day care showed that both groups had similar attitudes toward the elderly. They viewed older adults less positively and believed they could participate in fewer activities. However, they had positive attitudes about their own…

The aging of the professoriate has also brought the graying of many of the most prominent experts on higher-education policy. Even these analysts themselves have begun to ask who will be the leaders of the key debates of the future. In an attempt to identify promising new voices, "The Chronicle" offers a look at several up-and-coming thinkers who…

Two important components of skill learning are the learning process itself (motor acquisition) and the ability to transfer what has been learned to new task variants (motor transfer). Many studies have documented age-related declines in the ability to learn new manual motor skills. In this study, I tested whether the degree of savings at transfer…

Discusses intergenerational learning programs that allow young students to interact with senior citizens for mutual benefits. Describes a six-week program in Ohio in which 30 eighth-grade students spend time with residents of an area retirement home and work with them on a one-to-one basis. (CH)