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Hausknecht, Simone; Freeman, Shannon; Martin, Jenny; Nash, Carrie; Skinner, Kelly – Educational Gerontology, 2021
Within many First Nations communities, storytelling, led by Elders recognized as knowledge holders, is a deeply valued aspect of teaching and learning history, language, place, culture, and Indigenous Knowledge. The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate the first iteration of an intergenerational digital storytelling workshop that…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Canada Natives, Story Telling, Older Adults
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Randler, Christoph; Vollmer, Christian; Wilhelm, David; Flessner, Melanie; Hummel, Eberhard – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Many societies are encountering significant changes in their population structure as the number of older people is increasing while children and adolescents become fewer. This study examines pupils' attitudes towards elderly people in Germany. A total of 935 pupils (458 boys, 477 girls) participated in this study. Grade distribution was as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Adolescent Attitudes, Positive Attitudes
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Villar, Feliciano; Faba, Josep – Educational Gerontology, 2012
The goal of this study was to explore stereotypes of older people as expressed in drawings by a sample of primary school children. Sixty children from fourth to sixth grades (30 boys and 30 girls aged 9 to 12 years) were asked to draw a young man, a young woman, an old man, and an old woman. The drawings were content analyzed. Children in our…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Stereotypes, Older Adults, Grade 4