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Publication Date: 2007-Jul
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Meeting Intergenerational Needs through Service Learning
Natvig, Deborah
Educational Gerontology, v33 n7 p573-586 Jul 2007
This service-learning project provided a venue for university students majoring in business administration to learn about the successful aging process while contributing to a positive quality of life for retirees living in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). The project provided the retirees an opportunity to learn computer skills that helped them engage in desired leisure time and business activities. Student insights into the teaching experience and the learning outcomes of the retirees are reported. The positive response of students and retirees to the service-learning project reinforces the benefit of out-of-classroom experiences in preparing students for future employment. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Business Administration, Quality of Life, Leisure Time, Aging (Individuals), Service Learning, College Students, Majors (Students), Retirement, Computer Literacy, Money Management, Educational Benefits, Student Attitudes
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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