A course of intergenerational learning
The article was originally published on the Erasmus + Strategic Partnership project in adult education "Generations in Interaction" (2018-2021) website https://ge-inproject.eu/. It deals with the intellectual output of the project partner - University of Eastern Finland - a course of intergenerational learning.
A course of intergenerational learning, responsible by University of Eastern Finland titled "Active Citizenship and Non-formal Education" (5 ECTS).
The course has been planned according to the following principles:
Accessibility: Literature is Open Access to ensure that all students can access the material
Meeting the learning objectives and course content of the curriculum of the Degree Programme in Education and Adult Education
Viewing the concept of intergenerational learning from different viewpoints (modules):
A short historical overview and defining the concept
Pedagogical approach
Questions of democracy and equality related to the concept and practices
Life-course approach
Intergenerational learning in modern societies
The teaching methods vary from pre-assignments and self-studying based on the presented literature to written assignments and finding examples of intergenerational learning to be shared in the learning platform. In the class activities includes for example group discussion, brainwriting activity and acquainted with the method of service-learning. For each of the independent modules listed above, we have selected a list of pre-reads and additional readings from scientific journals.
This course is directed to adult educators and it has been modified into a SCORM course for the project’s e-learning platform. https://ge-in.elogos.cloud/igl
