intergenerational learning
Participate in this year's edition of generations@school!
After the great success of the 1st edition of generations@school during the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012, we are pleased to announce the launch of this initiative’s 2nd edition!
generations@school competition invites teachers to organise an activity that brings pupils together with seniors from their communities to explore how dialogue between generations can contribute to a better understanding of each other. This encounter can be a debate on issues of concern to both generations or the launch of a joint project in which old and young cooperate on a more regular basis.
In 2012, more than 600 schools around Europe took the European Day of Solidarity between Generations (29 April) as an opportunity to invite older people into their classrooms. This year we suggest celebrating your generations@school activity on or around 29 April, but you can do it at any time before 30 June, the submission deadline for the competition.
Don’t forget to take photos or videos of the event! The materials produced (drawings, questionnaires, albums, etc.) will not only be a way of documenting the intergenerational dialogue, but also a means of sharing information with other European schools on what your class has done to take part in the generations @ school competition.
Imagine the ideal Europe for all generations!
As the European Union has designated 2013 as “European Year of Citizens” this year would be a good opportunity for teachers, pupils and older people to organise on or around the 29 April discussions about Europe, its past, its present and about what old and young can do together for building the Europe of tomorrow. What does it mean to be a European citizen? Which EU rights have we obtained through the process of European integration? How do the European citizens of tomorrow perceive these rights and how do they intend to make use of them? What kind of Europe should we pass on to the next generation?
All information related to this new edition of the generations@school competition, the awards that can be won and resources to help teachers in preparing their generations@school event can be found on this website: www.generationsatschool.eu.
Get ready to participate!
L’e-learning e le reti sociali nei processi di mentoring per sostenere l’invecchiamento attivo
Il mentoring è un processo di sviluppo delle risorse umane utilizzato spesso per accompagnare, presentare e guidare il personale nei luoghi di lavoro.
La formazione sul lavoro o il ricorso a persone anziane come mentor può essere organizzato per affrontare situazioni come la carenza di competenze nelle aziende, l’assunzione e la conservazione di personale con le conoscenze necessarie e il coinvolgimento attivo di persone anziane. In questo articolo presentiamo alcuni aspetti del mentoring, e più in particolare il supporto TIC di questo processo, fornendo esempi.
Generations At School
As part of the European Year 2012, we invite you to dedicate the European Day of Solidarity between Generations 2012 to bringing pupils and older people together to talk about what it means to grow up and get older, and to think about ways that the young and not so young can help each other to make their lives better.
During the week of 29 April, as part of the European Year 2012 generations@school project, every school across Europe is invited to open the doors of its classrooms to older people and to think about what an intergenerational dialogue could bring to education.
The best project from each country will be awarded with a prize.
Check out the competition rules and prizes and submit a photo of your event by 30 June 2012 via the generations@school Panoramio group.
Fot more information visit the generations@school website.
Why an intergenerational project at school?
• Recreating the link between generations makes it possible to promote intergenerational comprehension and respect.
• It can contribute to the development of individual competencies for a more inclusive society.
• Fostering intergenerational dialogue encourages joint collaboration: generations learn from each other.
• Intergenerational exchange significantly fosters solidarity, active citizenship and personal development, and strengthens teaching quality.
For more information about the educational dimension of generations@school and help with setting up your project visit the Resources section on the project home page.
EDEN 2012 Conference: “Open learning generations”. Call for Papers open!
In times of great challenges for Europe, all generations are called to act together, thus also to learn, to produce, share and preserve knowledge. The 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and the Solidarity Between Generations serves as framework for raising awareness, generating innovative approaches and disseminating good practice.
The EDEN Annual Conference will approach the key questions of learning methodology and technology focusing on the “Open learning generations”, the contexts of socially significant target groups: junior and senior e-learners. We will explore their learning cultures, technology use patterns and discuss new approaches in pedagogy and andragogy that respond to them.
Open learning for and amongst diverse generations
Innovative pedagogical models have been significant in empowering learners and their communities as co-producers in networked lifelong learning. Helping to spread educational resources as digitised content which accommodate different learning pathways, widening participation and promoting shared learning experiences between generations contributes to closing the technology gap.
Online and Social
The 2012 Annual Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities.
This will be strengthened by and implemented through the EDEN Members Portal: the NAP area on the web and its services.
Call for Contributions
All interested professionals are invited to take part and discover the conference themes by submitting their experience.
There will be opportunities for submitting and presenting papers, workshops, posters and demonstrations. At the Porto conference, virtual presentations, as a new form will be introduced. The conference allows openness in choosing the topics and in applying interactive formats and ways of presentations.
To learn more about the scope of the event and consult the themes, please visit the respective conference pages.
For details visit the Conference web-site and the Call for Contributions links.
Schedule and Deadlines
Paper Submissions - 10 February, 2012
Registration Open - Mid February
Notification of Authors - 31 March
Nonni e nipoti: poetica di un'esperienza di apprendimento intergenerazionale
Attualmente, i discenti di oltre 55 anni sono alle prese con un panorama completamente nuovo, in cui la maggior parte dei loro punti di riferimento mentali è stata modificata, ricostituita o eliminata. Al tempo stesso, le nuove generazioni evolvono in una società instabile, in cui sembra molto difficile stabilire un sentimento di appartenenza a un contesto particolare, con conseguenze dirette sulla memoria storica e la costruzione dell'identità.
Il seguente articolo presenta una serie di riflessioni sui risultati preliminari del progetto, mettendo in risalto il suo contributo al miglioramento del processo di apprendimento intergenerazionale, in particolare in termini di dimensione politica, ruoli e metodologia. Infine, l'articolo propone alcuni suggerimenti, basati sui risultati menzionati in precedenza, non solo per il miglioramento del processo di apprendimento, ma anche, soprattutto, allo scopo di facilitare la diffusione di un modello di apprendimento intergenerazionale.
Società che invecchiano, apprendimento e ICT
In generale, la motivazione degli anziani verso l’apprendimento è legata a una volontà di migliorare il loro quotidiano, di restare attivi, di condividere il loro sapere con altri e di stabilire relazioni con gli altri “studenti”. Le ICT possono contribuire a offrire nuove occasioni di apprendimento, più flessibili, che permettano di stabilire rapporti tra le persone anziane e le giovani generazioni. Per gli anziani, l’apprendimento avviene spesso in un contesto informale, piuttosto che in uno scenario di istruzione formale, ed è motivato da interessi e bisogni propri piuttosto che da requisiti ufficiali.
È importante preparare scrupolosamente i contenuti e le condizioni delle opportunità di apprendimento offerte agli anziani. È stato dimostrato che al desiderio di apprendimento delle persone anziane corrispondono poche opportunità reali e significative. Occorre prestare maggiore attenzione allo sviluppo di possibilità di apprendimento pertinenti e accessibili, nonché a quello di strumenti di facile utilizzo adatti alle persone più anziane. Incoraggiare le opportunità orientate allo studente e alle sue capacità personali di apprendimento sta diventando una parte integrante dell’apprendimento lungo tutto l’arco della vita per tutti i membri della società della conoscenza, in cui le persone anziane costituiscono un gruppo composto sia da studenti che da mentori, che interagiscono e si integrano gli uni con gli altri.
Il ruolo dell’e-learning nel suo complesso sta cambiando, in concomitanza con l’arrivo di una nuova ondata di applicazioni ICT molto promettenti. A tal senso si rendono necessarie delle ricerche per determinare quale sia il modo migliore per favorire e fornire l’e-learning in una società che invecchia.
Il presente articolo è stato pubblicato in EuroPACE “European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE approach”, Annemie Boonen e WimVan Petegem (ed.), Garant, Antwerp, novembre 2007.