Full Description
Based on innovative global practice, Intergenerational Learning in Practice presents a unique contribution to the field of intergenerational learning. Drawing on the Together Old and Young (TOY) programme, this book provides a comprehensive background to intergenerational learning, along with tools and resources to help develop and improve your own intergenerational practice.
Experienced international authors from Europe, North America and Australia provide a broad array of perspectives on intergenerational learning, ranging from pedagogy to planning and community development, and cover topics including:
The context, theory and existing research behind intergenerational learning
The changing relationships between young children and older adults
Building communities and services for all ages
Managing everyday encounters in public spaces between young and old
Ensuring quality in intergenerational practice
Insights on how intergenerational learning challenges discrimination
Intergenerational Learning in Practice is a valuable resource for practitioners and leaders in Early Childhood Education and Care and those working in primary schools, as well as professionals caring for older adults, and those working in community development.
Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 - Introduction to TOY Approach to intergenerational learning
Margaret Kernan and Giulia Cortellesi
Part One - Intergenerational learning context, theory and research
Chapter 2 - The changing lives and relationships of young children and older adults: implications for intergenerational learning
Carmel Gallagher
Chapter 3: Towards a pedagogy of intergenerational learning
Anne Fitzpatrick
Chapter 4 - "Old Peoples Home for 4-Year-Olds": a social experiment looking at the impact of contact on health and wellbeing
Rachael Dutton and David Williams
Chapter 5 - Hearing children's voices in intergenerational learning and practice
Jennifer Cartmel, Katrina Radford, Kevin Bell, Xanthe Golenko and Anneke Fitzgerald
Chapter 6 - Everyday encounters in public spaces - spatial potentials for intergenerational relationships
Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena
Chapter 7 - Building all-age friendly communities and services
Victoria Titterington, Julie Melville and Lynn Johnston
Part Two - Inspirational IGL Practices
Chapter 8 - Playing for Cohesion
Stanislav Daniel, Szilvia Rezmuves, Giulia Cortellesi and Zorica Trikić
Chapter 9: Young children and older adults under one roof. Providence Mount St. Vincent—Seattle, a pioneer of intergenerational care
Susan P. Clark and Marie L. Hoover
Chapter 10: Intergenerational Learning in Australian Aboriginal Communities
Libby Lee-Hammond, Jessica Harpley and Elizabeth Jackson-Barrett
Chapter 11 - The role of the pedagogical coach in the encounter between older adults and children in Belgium
Joke Den Haese
Chapter 12 - An Intergenerational Early Childhood Sustainable Skills Project
Diane Boyd and Catherine McNeill
Chapter 13 - An intergenerational summer camp in Italy
Silvia Porta and Ilaria Farina
Chapter 14: Ensuring quality in intergenerational practice
Margaret Kernan, Carla Dessi and Giulia Cortellesi
Index
