Event Title
Engaging the Aging: Closing the 40-year Age Gap in a Gerontology Course through Service-Learning
Location
Library 3D
Session
Session 3
Start Date
12-4-2013 10:30 AM
End Date
12-4-2013 11:30 AM
Description
A common concern in higher education regards students’ ability to critically think and finding ways to capture their interest to ensure they learn course material. This can be particularly challenging in a gerontology course as most of the students are 40 years younger than the population being studied. This presentation discusses how a service-learning project is used in a gerontology course to help students understand and apply course concepts to topics for which it is often difficult for many of them to relate. This helps them to better understand content they are learning through direct engagement and experiential reflection.
Engaging the Aging: Closing the 40-year Age Gap in a Gerontology Course through Service-Learning
Library 3D
A common concern in higher education regards students’ ability to critically think and finding ways to capture their interest to ensure they learn course material. This can be particularly challenging in a gerontology course as most of the students are 40 years younger than the population being studied. This presentation discusses how a service-learning project is used in a gerontology course to help students understand and apply course concepts to topics for which it is often difficult for many of them to relate. This helps them to better understand content they are learning through direct engagement and experiential reflection.