Caring Is the Key Building a School-based Intergenerational Service Program /

Caring Is the Key [microform] : Building a School-based Intergenerational Service Program / Joseph Melcher.

This manual is designed for high school teachers and students who plan to participate in intergenerational community service programs. Intergenerational community service is a powerful teaching tool that introduces problem solving and active learning while enhancing self-esteem. Four case studies de...

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Main Author: Melcher, Joseph
Corporate Author: Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Generations Together
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1993.
Subjects:
Aging (Individuals)
Case Studies.
High School Students.
High Schools.
Intergenerational Programs.
Older Adults.
Program Evaluation.
School Community Programs.
Secondary School Teachers.
Self Esteem.
Service Learning.
Student Volunteers.
Training.
Urban Schools.
Urban Youth.
Description
Summary:This manual is designed for high school teachers and students who plan to participate in intergenerational community service programs. Intergenerational community service is a powerful teaching tool that introduces problem solving and active learning while enhancing self-esteem. Four case studies describe what schools in Pennsylvania are doing to bring young and old together through intergenerational community service. Developing the intergenerational community service program is discussed, and a training module, "How To Prepare Youth To Work with Well, Frail, or Institutionalized Elderly," is presented that includes training objectives for students and leaders and the training agenda. The module provides information about aging and older adults and gives students some specific advice for beginning conversations and working effectively with the elderly. "Intergenerational Program Maintenance and Management" explains how to keep the program operating. "Evaluating an Intergenerational Service Program" tells how to evaluate program efforts for improvement. Appendixes contain specific training and administrative advice and list resources for programs. (SLD)
Item Description:Availability: Generations Together Publications, 121 University Place, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15260-5907 (publication number 321, $25).
Sponsoring Agency: PennSERVE: The Governor's Office of Citizen Service, Harrisburg, PA.
ERIC Document Number: ED412311.
Physical Description:129 pages.
Audience:Practitioners.
Students.
Reproduction Note:Microfiche.
Action Note:committed to retain

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