intergenerational learning
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Intergenerational learning. Larnaka 2010. Task. Welcome again. war II generation rebuilding generation protest generation / babyboom no future /feminist generation computer generation / X nintendo generation generation einstein generation Y Intergenerational work. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Welcome again
Born between 1920 -1930 Born between 1930 -1940 Born between 1940 -1950 Born between 1950-1960 Born between 1960-1970 Born between 1970 -1980 Born between 1980 -1990 Born between 1990-2000
Dia 3
• war II generation• rebuilding generation• protest generation / babyboom• no future /feminist generation • computer generation / X• nintendo generation• generation einstein• generation YIntergenerational work
Task
Who is married or living together with a partner? Who has children? Who has been divorced once or more? Who has still parents alive? Who speaks more than three languages? Who has once lived a life without refrigerator? Who still knows where (s)he was when John F.
Kennedy has been murdered? Who remembers the invasion of Russian troops in the
Czechoslowakija? Who remembers the year of the Chernobyl disaster? Who remembers Dynasty? Who knows CSI?Welcome again
Intergenerational work
What is intergenerational work? Policy relevanceIdentifying and developing
intergenerational projectsThe process of intergnerational
learning
Generations
Generations: limited in time and space
Mostly a cohort, born in a certain decade
Sharing a certain history, certain life circumstances,lifestyles (fashion, music), feelings and ideals
Distincted differences with the earlier and the following generation
Generation specific learning: crystalized intelligence
Odyssee: with an eye on change
What does it mean, being absolutely modern,
when you are not so young anymore
when your daughter is complete different from what you have been in
younger days?
Odyssee: with an eye on change
It is a hard when youngsters leave the
village:people disappear
and history fades away
Odyssee: with an eye on change
The babyboomers: old protest, broken dreams, new resistance, fear for revenge?
This transformation is nowadays
basicly characterised by
neglecting ageing
and staying young and vital forever
What have they learned?
The babyboom generation (1940-1950) is dominating the direction of the transformation from the family based traditional three-generation-society into the modern more-generation society
Trio exercise
Discuss the implications of more generations together in your own life?
What do you think about it?
Task
Policy relevance
Solidarity: generations have to share the world / who is paying for who?
Our societies will have to make better use of the potential of all generations and to provide chances to develop their full potential
Opportunities, acces and solidarity for all generations (Slovenian Presidency Conference, Brdo, 2008)
Intergenerational projects typology
Older adults serving children or youthChildren and youth serving older adultsChildren or youth and older adults
serving othersIncluding more than two generationsCrossgenerational instead of
intergenerational
To discussWhat are good reasons to start a
intergenerational learning project in a concrete situation?
What could be good subjects for intergenerational projects?
Which generations should be involved?Can you identify the benefits for each of those
generations?Do you think they will identify these benefits in
themselves?Conclusions
Task
Changing life patterns
learn work leisure
young adult old
Life long & Life wide
End of the three boxes of life
Find a solution - create a intergenerational project
A square where teenagers are hanging around –sometimes using drugs nad making noise
Many polluting traffic during the day around the square - near the square a day care centre where young mothers bring their children before going to work
Around the square live many older people who want to do shopping, work in the garden and sitting in the sum
Sometimes they feel threatened by the young “criminals”
Once a retired policy officer throw them away from the square using his pistol
Afterward his garden was ruined
Task
Coping with changes - patterns of transition
Shock
EuphoriaSearching
Anger
Guilt
Depresion or selfdoubt
Gradualacceptance
Transition completed
To discuss
How to motivate different generations?How to facilitate exchanges?What is the process of intergenerational
learning?How to play with life courses?How to use creative and provocative
methods?How to create win-win situations?
Task
Reflexive biographies
The faster changes take place,
the more reflection people need,
but often there is no time
for any reflection
Degeneration of memory
The memory is not telling the truth
You cannot trust your memory
The memory is not longer necessary
If the disk is full, it will fade away itself
Memory as support???
TechniquesReminiscenceStorytellingTheatre - danceCommunity developmentConflict solving and
mediationBiographical writingMovie makingExhibitions
Modern paradox (2)
In the fastening process ofour modern societypeople are much youngercalled oldies: 50 +, even 40+
Modern paradox (3)
Simultaneously we see
older adults
behave themselves
more and more
as young as possible
And nobody want to be called old
Intergenerational learning
To enhance intergenerational relationships
Mutual mentorship and supportCompetence developmentExperiential learning Knowledge transfer
The Kolb learning cycle1. Engagement in a practical
authentic activity
2. Critical reflection
on experience
3. Testing reaction & observations against other perspectives & theory
4. Applying new understanding to
new situations
Working life 2030 Born between 1950 -1960:
Born between 1960-1970: Born between 1970-1980:
Born between 1980 -1990:
Born between 1990 -2000:
Born 2000 or later:
give the floor to others while keeping themselves involved
still (partime) working - avoiding health problems
seniority and leadership roles – avoiding burn outs – exploring new competencies and opportunities
avoiding choices and struggling with daily routine
transform emotional instability and refind contact with the elderly - challenge to become linking pin between generations when they succeed to recognise the power of older generations and to be able to create challenge for teamwork out of daily choices
getting the new innovators when they are able to value older solutions as well.