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Sandra L. Faulkner; Madison A. Pollino; Jaclyn Shetterly; Wendy K. Watson – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2024
We present a critically focused, semester-long community engagement project entitled "Intergenerational Connections" as a form of critical interpersonal and family communication pedagogy (CIFCP). The project utilized Zoom to connect small groups of undergraduate students in the US enrolled in a course on relational communication with…
Descriptors: College Students, Older Adults, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
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Björn Bouwmeester Stjernetun; Jenny Hallgren; Catharina Gillsjö – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Nursing students are important future health care providers to the growing number of older persons in society. However, two barriers are their common ageist attitudes and lack of interest in geriatrics. This is a concern in light of the global demand for nurses and a challenge that need to be addressed in nurse education. Age suit simulation has…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Student Attitudes, Aging (Individuals)
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Kamile Kirca; Elif Sözeri Öztürk; Burcu Bayrak Kahraman – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Metaphors are part of everyday language as they help us to communicate effectively and allow us to reveal meaning to concepts. Older adults have been described using metaphors like 'Tsunami' in western countries. However, it is unknow which metaphors are used to describe older adults in Turkey. The aim of this study was to reveal the perceptions…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, College Seniors, Student Attitudes, Figurative Language
Sandra L. McGuire – Online Submission, 2024
Ageist attitudes permeate society, are readily transmitted, are perpetuated from generation to generation, and are a prejudice against our future selves. Research has consistently shown that children as young as preschool evidence ageist attitudes, these attitudes become more negative as the child grows older and tend to become self-fulfilling…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Older Adults, Social Bias
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Radka Bužgová; Radka Kozáková; Katka Bobcíková; Hana Matejovská Kubešová – Educational Gerontology, 2024
The aim of this uncontrolled interventional study was to determine the effect of a yearly educational course within the University of the Third Age on quality of life, life satisfaction, sense of coherence, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, attitudes toward old age, and older people's perception of social support. The population included 121…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Residential Institutions, Adult Education, Aging Education
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Wan-Chun Liao; Chien-Liang Lin; Shi-Jer Lou; Chih-Chao Chung – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
This study aimed to develop a maker spirit problem-based learning (PBL) innovation and entrepreneurship course and explore its impact on students' learning effectiveness. A mixed research method was adopted for this study, in which qualitative and quantitative data were collected for inductive analysis. The research subjects comprised 49 students…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Entrepreneurship, Problem Based Learning, Course Descriptions