Many pupils with or without a secondary school degree have several problems in their transition to working life. Therefore it seems reasonable to improve the curriculum for vocational orientation and preparation in schools. The August-Claas-School (Secondary School) in Harsewinkel (Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia) shows the potential of an intergenerational approach.
Case Studies Resources
One of EMIL’s main aims is to collect, exchange, and distribute resources, knowledge and expertise in the field. EMIL collects and disseminates case studies providing a systematic overview of the role and status of Intergenerational Learning (IL) across Europe. This collection of case studies provides a resource for practitioners, policy makers and researchers in the field to support the future development of IL and ensures that existing practices are well documented and disseminated. It also enables our members to highlight and publicise their work to the broader European and International community.
EMIL endeavours to highlight factors involved in both the successes and barriers each case has encountered, as well as offering possible solutions. Case studies provide relevant and useful lessons learned which others can use in their own learning and implementation processes.
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Young and Old in School (Jung und Alt im Unterricht)
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InterGenerationes
The European project “InterGenerationes” aims at implementing intergenerational learning in the working field of international youth work. The project consists of three milestones. First an international conference in February 2011 brought together stakeholders from different professional sectors, as international youth work, senior citizens work and adult education to discuss the issue of intergenerational learning in international exchange meetings.
After the conference an European-wide PR-campaign was launched in order to draw the attention of a wide public towards the issue. The third and last action of the project which will be highlighted in this case-study was the realisation of an international meeting for people of all ages in May 2011. During this event, 24 people from Germany, Poland and France, aged between 21 and 78, had the chance to experience dialogue between generations and cultures in Kreisau / Krzyżowa (Poland). They were discussing great history, personal histories and national historic narratives. During the whole project, we developed new creative methods for intergenerational learning applied in an international setting. -
Do We Understand The Role And Mission Of Intergenerational Projects?
Summary: This paper begins by theorising the concept of project dwelling upon the difference between a project and a permanent activity resulting from it. This paper examines the assumptions on which the project methodology is based. Furthermore, it emphasises the role of a project in fluid, flexible, insecure post modern society. Using the example of the Slovenian Third Age University this paper demonstrates how an educational, intergenerational project may turn into a valuable permanent activity.
EMIL Case Study: Do We Understand The Role And Mission Of Intergenerational Projects?
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Something Old, Something New
This project, brought together two groups of older people from supported living
schemes in Irlam and Cadishead, Salford, and children from two local primary
schools. Our aim was to two-fold, to give the older people an enjoyable creative
experience, doing a range of activities and celebrating their stories and
reminiscences - and to bring them into contact with younger people from two local
primary schools – to learn more about each other and to build dialogue and
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Dreams
We wanted to explore the some of the assumptions society makes about young
people and to explore what childhood means now compared with what it was like 70+
years ago: what kinds of things were expected of young people 70 years ago? What
age did this older generation start school? What was school like? What kind of
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Coming Ready or Not
This project, brought together two groups of older people from the Asian community
in Halifax - men from the British Muslim Association and women from the Asian
Women's Resource Centre. Our aim was to two-fold, to give the Elders a enjoyable
creative experience - doing a range of activities and celebrating their stories and
reminiscences - and to bring them into contact with younger people from two local
primary schools – to learn from each other and to build dialogue and understanding
between communities across generations.
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