We have put together this resources page for those interested in exploring the concept of intergenerational learning which is now widely recognized as “a good thing worth doing” (Ageing Horizons, Issue No8, 31-39).
Carolyn Kagan (Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester
Metropolitan University)
This is an Intergen based paper written in collaboration with Professor Norma Raynes of Intergen in 2013. Prior to this publication, Manchester Metropolitan University conducted an evaluation of the work done be Intergen; about its practices, outputs and outcomes. It concluded that older people feel more valued and become part of the school and the local community while students get additional training and learn new skills.
Sally Newman, University of Pittsburg, and Alan Hatton-Yeo, Beth Johnson Foundation
The challenge now for policy makers is to move from a situation where references to the importance of intergenerational learning and programmes are increasingly transformed to situations where the old are encouraged to be active participants in communities where they live to the benefit of all. We need to harness the energy of universal social will, community need, political support and economic and human resources to move “a good thing worth doing” to a policy reality, that insures a global policy shift that supports intergenerational learning as a vehicle to achieve global intergenerational solidarity.
Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
Intergenerational learning seems to be finally on the educational agenda. Thousands of initiatives in the way of intergenerational learning programs and practices are being implemented internationally to facilitate learning opportunities among different generations. Are school systems following this trend?
