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María del Socorro Ocampo-Castillo; Regina Gairal-Casadó; María Rosa Valls-Carol; Itxaso Tellado – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
One current challenge highlighted by the United Nations is to increase the number of adults who achieve literacy and numeracy by 2030. This article focuses on one experience from an underprivileged Mexican school that implements "Family Education, a Successful Educational Action." Following a communicative methodology, we conducted a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Principals, Grandparents
Montemayor, Aurelio M.; Chavkin, Nancy – Voices in Urban Education, 2016
Title I schools that serve a large population of low-income students often view families through the lens of an outdated paradigm of family engagement in education, assuming parents are mostly uneducated, ill informed, and much in need of training and support to be good parents. "Comunitario" projects in the Rio Grande Valley of south…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Leadership Effectiveness, Family Involvement, Parent Participation
Martin, Kerry; Springate, Iain; Atkinson, Mary – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2010
This research looked at five intergenerational projects focusing on football, arts, knife crime, living history and personal and social education. Two projects ran in schools, one in a health centre, one in a youth drop-in centre and one at a football club. Each project had its own aims, but in addition to these, the projects aimed to improve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Age Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
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Parisi, Jeanine M.; Rebok, George W.; Carlson, Michelle C.; Fried, Linda P.; Seeman, Teresa E.; Tan, Erwin J.; Tanner, Elizabeth K.; Piferi, Rachel L. – Educational Gerontology, 2009
The Experience Corps[R], a community-based intergenerational program, was developed to promote the health of older adults while simultaneously addressing unmet social and academic needs in public elementary schools. The model was designed to draw on, and potentially activate, the wisdom of older adults. This paper explores the nature of…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults, Volunteers, Aging (Individuals)
Cook, Jimmie – Teaching Pre K-8, 1997
Notes the importance of elders in various Native American cultures and of drawing on personal memories of special older folks. Stresses the importance and value of contact between the generations. Urges schools to adopt intergenerational programs, citing the remarkable contributions older people can make to the lives of children. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Generation Gap, Intergenerational Programs
Rubin, Rhea Joyce – 1992
Intergenerational activities are any activities planned to be of mutual benefit to more than one age group. This manual concentrates on school-age children and older adults sharing experiences in the library or elsewhere using library materials. The following four models are introduced: (1) Sharing Letters; (2) Sharing Stories; (3) Sharing…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Children, Community Programs, Demography
Styles, Melanie B.; Morrow, Kristine V. – 1992
As part of a 4-year research initiative on adult/youth relationships programs, this study assessed relationships between elders and at-risk youth at the following four Linking Lifetimes intergenerational mentoring demonstration sites developed by Temple University's Center for Intergenerational Learning in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania): (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Community Programs
Campbell, Sarah vL. – 2002
This document is intended to create an opportunity for teens and adults to talk together and find ways to make their community a place where young people can grow up successfully. The discussion guide begins with a brief statement of purpose and a brief explanation of study circles and their objectives. The remainder of the guide consists of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Adults, Change Strategies
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Smilow, Peri – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the MAGIC ME program in which urban middle school students visit and form relationships with the elderly in nursing homes. The importance of meaningful long-term service is demonstrated through anecdotes of the interaction between students and older adults. MAGIC ME has a history of success in many communities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Curriculum Development