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Yi-Huang Shih – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Public awareness of health-related topics is increasing, and an increase in average life expectancy has increased the senior citizen population in Taiwan. Furthermore, because of the high cost of raising young children, people's willingness to give birth has decreased. Taiwan's aging population and declining birth rate are key challenges for its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults, Student Attitudes
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Liu, Chih-Chi; Wang, Ya-Ling – Educational Gerontology, 2023
Research has begun to pay more attention to intergenerational learning and its advantages, while what is the flow state of students of different generations when they participate in intergenerational learning? This study simultaneously measured the flow state of 16 college students (M = 23.13, SD = 1.82, ranging from 21 to 27 years old; 23.08%…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Electronic Learning, Models, Age Groups
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Petersen, Jennifer – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This is the first meta-analysis to examine the outcomes of nonfamilial, intergenerational programs (IGP) on youth and older adults. Relevant studies were identified by screening the abstracts from five systematic reviews on the impact of intergenerational programs on psychosocial outcomes. After all studies were screened 23 independent studies…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Program Effectiveness, Older Adults, Youth
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Shih, Yi-Huang; Wu, Chung-Chin; Chung, Chih-Feng – Educational Gerontology, 2022
The labor shortage in Taiwan has left citizens with little time to care for young children and older adults at home. However, young children and older adults can learn to care for one another through intergenerational learning. This case study investigated intergenerational learning in a preschool to determine the motivations and design elements…
Descriptors: Labor Needs, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults, Case Studies
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Findsen, Brian – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2017
This article investigates the engagement of universities in older adult education in the specific context of Aotearoa New Zealand. Initially, the broader context of the tertiary education system and the place of universities within it are explained. Not unexpectedly adult education, and particularly older adult education, exists only on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Adult Education, Adult Educators
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Hong, Jon-Chao; Hwang, Ming-Yueh; Liang, Hwey-Wen; Chang, Hsin-Wu – Educational Gerontology, 2008
In Taiwan there is a declining birth rate and a dramatic increase in the elderly population. There is also the trend of using school space that would otherwise be left unused. The experimental project "Toy Clinic Shop in Elementary School" offers an innovative management model for elementary schools to address these developments. The…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Birth Rate, Lifelong Learning, Service Learning
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Strom, Robert; And Others – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1996
Grandparents in the Republic of China want to remain influential, but social policy has not provided them with education to fulfill their changing role. Examined the performance of grandparents to determine suitable content for an intervention program. A sample of 751 nonconsanguineous participants included 234 grandparents, 241 parents, and 276…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1991
These proceedings contain an introduction and 26 papers arranged in five sections: (1) People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Republic of China); (2) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand; (3) Korea; (4) Japan and the Western Pacific; and (5) United States. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Recent Social Security Policies and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Community Programs, Coping