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Spaulding, Amy – Catholic Library World, 1994
Examines library-based literacy programs. Topics discussed include changes over the past eight years; current statistics; the relationship between libraries and literacy; advantages of using libraries for literacy programs, including social neutrality; immigrant populations and English as a Second Language; intergenerational family programs; and…
Descriptors: Change, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Intergenerational Programs
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Latimer, Deborah J. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1994
Discusses the benefits derived from an intergenerational program in a child-care or preschool setting. Describes the planning and implementation of such a program, designed to foster a positive emotional relationship between grandparents, or other older adults as surrogate grandparents, and preschool children. (BB)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Day Care, Grandparents, Intergenerational Programs
Olmstead, Kathryn – Echoes, the Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture, 1995
Between 1974 and 1981, 15 teenagers in northern Maine published a small magazine containing interviews with and photographs of their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors. At a 20-year reunion, they realized that they had collected that heritage not only for archival preservation but to carry it forward for the next generation. (TD)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Satisfaction, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Maintenance
Love, Cathleen T.; And Others – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1991
The Even Start project in the Poudre (Colorado) School District involves a learning center where parents receive literacy instruction and are trained to become partners in their children's education. The program features separate parent and child activities, group activities, home visits from family monitors, field trips, and support groups. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, At Risk Persons, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Literacy
Schools in the Middle, 1993
Community service links the school with society and should be part of the middle-level curriculum. Ediger's article describes three sixth-grade community service projects involving a nursing home entertainment program, the police department, and a trash-awareness project. Hamilton and Hanna describe a "points of light" project involving…
Descriptors: Community Services, Environmental Education, Goal Orientation, Intergenerational Programs
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Nurss, Joanne R. – ELT Journal, 2000
Describes an intergenerational literacy English-as-a-Second-Language program. Stories were used to foster language and literacy development in English and participants' native language. Activities were built on the oral tradition. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Family Literacy, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
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Camp, Cameron J.; Judge, Katherine S.; Bye, Carol A.; Fox, Kathleen M.; Bowden, Jay; Bell, Michael; Valencic, Kristin; Mattern, Jeanne M. – Gerontologist, 1997
Reports on a program that brought together older adults (n=12) with dementia and preschool children (n=14) in one-on-one interactions, using Montessori activities. Experience indicates that older adults with dementia can still serve as effective mentors and teachers to children in an appropriately structured setting. (RJM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alzheimers Disease, Education, Individualized Instruction
Wilson, Judi; Dooley, Diane; Timourian, Hector – CSTA Journal, 1998
A unique partnership between retired scientists and elementary teachers in four counties in California provides science content knowledge to teachers and students at schools that are actively trying to enhance science in their classrooms. The program offers scientists a vehicle to continue in a field they love and an opportunity to pass on their…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Intergenerational Programs, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Older Adults
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Bickerton, Robert; And Others – Adult Learning, 1996
Twelve articles in this special issue look at changes in adult basic education (ABE) including the following: changes in policy, the overhaul of welfare, state governance, workforce development, family literacy, the connection with employment and training, contextualized literacy, health education, political and economic literacy, adult literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Parker, Rhonda G.; Parrott, Roxanne – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1995
Functions served by self-disclosure may vary depending upon the adults' gender and stage in the life span. Studies such issues in regard to the elderly, middle-aged, and young adults' use of four functions of self-disclosure: self-expression, self-clarification, social control, and social validation. Findings support the claim that greater…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Interpersonal Communication, Intimacy, Middle Aged Adults
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Schuller, Tom – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2004
Imagery could add an extra dimension to analyses of lifelong learning, which need to draw on diverse sources and techniques. This article has two principal components. First I suggest that the use of images might be divided into three categories: as illustration; as evidence; and as heuristic. I go on to explore the latter two categories, first by…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Imagery, Adult Learning, Art History
Wren, David J. – Principal Leadership, 2004
In this article, the author describes the intergenerational service-learning program at South Scranton Intermediate School in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Currently in its fifth year of operation, the program was originated by William King, a former principal, as an attempt to develop a working relationship between Oakwood Terrace, an Alzheimer's care…
Descriptors: Student Volunteers, Service Learning, Intergenerational Programs, Intermediate Grades
Gadsden, Vivian L. – 1994
The prevailing issues in the development of family literacy were reviewed, and assumptions about families, family support, and learning upon which the concept is being developed were examined. A total of 173 studies on the following topics were reviewed: parent-child relationships and reading, parent-child early reading, parent/family beliefs and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Family Literacy
Guddemi, Marcy, Ed.; And Others – 1996
These proceedings contain reprints of 26 papers presented at the 1995 IPA/USA (The American Affiliate of the International Association for the Child's Right to Play) national conference. The aim of the conference was to bring professional and public awareness to intergenerational needs and models with regard to children's development and play…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs
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Matters, Lorine – 1990
This guide describes intergenerational programs and provides ideas for initiating and implementing informal and formal interaction between youth and senior adults. Intergenerational programs can help dispel negative stereotypes that youth and older adults may have about each other. Successful programs provide rewarding experiences for both…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Extension Agents, Generation Gap
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