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Heydon, Rachel M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2007
This naturalistic study reports the language and literacy-learning opportunities, and the conditions necessary to bring them about, in the art component of an innovative intergenerational programme. The focus is on the children in the programme (median age 4), their interaction with adult participants (median age 85) and facilitators, and the ways…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Art Education, Preschool Children, Older Adults
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McCue, Frances – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: While the arts are being elbowed out of school curricula, new community-based education venues for the arts are emerging in cities across the country. This article describes Richard Hugo House, an arts center for creative writing in Seattle, which attracts people of different ages and sociocultural backgrounds who participate…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Action Research, Community Education, Arts Centers