Seniors and Seventh Grade Students Share Intergenerational “Telephone Seder”
Recently several Hey Class students of Temple B’nai Abraham’s Religious School of the Louis and Emily Slater Youth Center fulfilled the ancient obligation of retelling the story of Passover, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt, in a non-traditional way. Participants did not sit together around a festively adorned Seder table, but gathered around the telephone as the 12 and 13-year-old students shared the traditional Seder in story and song with older citizens and persons with limited mobility through the convenience of teleconferencing. under the direction of Temple B’nai Abraham Assistant Religious School Director Barrie Halpern and Cantor Jessica Epstein.
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29th April 2010 – European Day of Solidarity between Generations
The second European Day of Solidarity between generations is coming up soon. We encourage all local, national or European organizations to launch an initiative or activity to mark the EU Day 2010 and so contribute to make the intergenerational solidarity concept a reality!!
Source: Age-Platform
European Map of Intergenerational Learning (EMIL)
EMIL is a collaborative network working together to support Intergenerational Learning across Europe. Intergenerational Learning (IL) is a way that people of all ages can learn together. IL is an important part of Lifelong Learning, where the generations work together to gain skills, values and knowledge. It has been suggested that IL is a process of addressing some of the significant demographic changes in society and as a way of enhancing intergenerational solidarity. With this in mind, ‘European Map of Intergenerational Learning’ (EMIL) will provide a general overview of the role and status of IL by developing a more sustainable method for collecting, exchanging, and distributing ideas and resources in the field. Funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, EMIL is an innovative project that will use existing expertise of partner organisations already working in the field to create a learning network for others involved in intergenerational programmes across Europe. Representing numerous European organisations, from over 25 European countries, EMIL will collectively have the ability to influence the intergenerational practice debate.
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Students enjoy visits with local ‘grandpals’
There is no such thing as age barriers for students in Shannon Fleet’s Grade 4/5 class at Paris Central School. These young students learn firsthand through monthly visits to a local retirement home how easily friendships can be forged. “You tell them something, and they tell you what they did as a kid. They can relate to your stories and you can relate to theirs,” said Grade 5 student Sam McLeod of S.K.I.P— a program that brings together junior elementary school students and nursing home seniors. Seniors & Kids Intergenerational Programs originated in Brantford and was initiated by active community volunteer Liz Martorano. Paris Central is one of about 40 schools across the Grand Erie District School Board that partakes in the program that is designed to eliminate a generation gap that exists in today’s society. Fleet, who is also co-chair of the S.K.I.P., brings his Grade 4/5 class to Park Lane Terrace in Paris once a month for visits with their ‘grand pals,’ as some like to call it. “The program allows the students and seniors to feel empathy towards one another,” said Fleet. “The kids rejuvenate the seniors and they make a lot of connections with the seniors.” Usually there is a lot of story telling that takes place during a visit, but Fleet likes to incorporate activities with the seniors, like games and crafts, that pertain to his classroom curriculum.
Going for Growth 2010: Easier to climb the social ladder and earn more than one’s parents in the Nordic countries, Australia and Canada
Going for Growth 2010: It is easier to climb the social ladder and earn more than one’s parents in the Nordic countries, Australia and Canada than in France, Italy, Britain and the United States, according to a new OECD study. Intergenerational Social Mobility: a family affair? says weak social mobility can signal a lack of equal opportunities, constrain productivity and curb economic growth.
Under one roof – Multiple generations living together more common
More people than ever before are bunked together in multi-generational households across the United States, with a record 49 million (16.1 percent of the population) sharing close quarters either permanently or temporarily, according to a report out Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.
Baptist Fellowship aims for unity of generations
Thirty years ago, young worshippers wanted special services created for their tastes, and music that sounded like what they listened to in their cars. So when the leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina announced that they wanted to focus on young people at this year’s general assembly, they were surprised at the reaction. The younger members of the assembly’s planning committees said they didn’t want to be singled out, but to be viewed as part of the whole group, said Larry Hovis, the state CBF’s executive coordinator.
A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries
Higher inequality is associated with lower intergenerational mobility. More progressive taxation, higher unemployment benefits, more childcare and early childhood education, and other measures that reduce inequality promote social mobility. Tracking, ability-grouping, and pushing disadvantaged students into vocational education hinder it. Poorer students have better chances of overcoming their socioeconomic backgrounds in systems where “larger expected wage increases incentivise teachers” to make rewarding careers out of teaching.
A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries
Australian Computer Society panel to study age discrimination
THE 2010 Intergenerational Report released by Wayne Swan last month has highlighted the need for urgent action to combat the negative impacts of age discrimination.
