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ERIC Number: EJ1437166
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2640-4524
EISSN: EISSN-2578-2568
Intergenerational Connections: US College Students' Attitudes and Expectations toward Older Adults and Aging in an Online Critical Community Engagement Project
Sandra L. Faulkner; Madison A. Pollino; Jaclyn Shetterly; Wendy K. Watson
Journal of Communication Pedagogy, v8 p48-67 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 older adults in a long-term care facility to dialogue about close relationships. We were interested in how dialogue across generations maintained or altered students' attitudes and expectations about communicating with older adults and analyzed student reflections before, during, and after the dialogues using a turning point analysis. The study was framed using Social Identity Theory (SIT) to show how young adults may label older adults as an outgroup contributing to negative stereotypes. We discuss two turning points related to "Perceptions of Aging and Developmental Changes" and "Understanding and Expectations of Relationships" and identify practical implications of the project for universities and communities.
Central States Communication Association. University of Montevallo, Department of Communication, 75 College Drive, Station 6625, Montevallo, AL 35115. e-mail: csca.ed@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jcp/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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