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ERIC Number: EJ1370625
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
EISSN: EISSN-1521-0413
We Can Do This Thing Together: Intergenerational Learning and Academic Motivation among Community College Students
Brower, Rebecca; Hu, Pei; Daniels, Hollie; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v46 n12 p841-854 2022
This qualitative study examines how intergenerational learning contributed to academic motivation among students of different ages in the Florida College System, the state's community college system. The data for this study included 166 semi-structured focus groups with 375 students collected during site visits to 21 state colleges over a five-year period. This study considers both familial intergenerational learning, in which members of different generations in the same family learn from one another, and extrafamilial intergenerational learning, in which members of different generations not in the same family learn from one another. Overall, familial intergenerational learning was a more prominent theme than extrafamilial intergenerational learning. Both familial and extrafamilial intergenerational learning included three similar patterns: (1) older to younger learning, (2) younger to older learning, and (3) reciprocal learning, but familial intergenerational learning also included a fourth pattern of indirect intergenerational learning that is not reflected in extrafamilial intergenerational learning. Recommendations for practice are also provided including formalizing some of the informal forms of intergenerational learning that we highlight in our data.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Florida
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A160166