A Hands-On Approach to Teaching about Aging: 32 Activities for the Classroom and Beyond

A one-of-a-kind guide to active, engaging learning strategies for aging studies

Harnessing the proven benefits of active learning strategies, this is the first activity book created for a broad spectrum of courses in aging-related higher education. It features 32 classroom and community-based educational activities for instructors seeking to introduce and/or enhance aging content in their courses. Underscoring the interdisciplinary nature of aging studies, the book encompasses teaching strategies for instructors in such disciplines as Counseling, Family Studies, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Medicine, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Social Work, Sociology, Speech Pathology, and others.

This peer-reviewed collection of hands-on activities is designed by noted educators in aging and incorporates AGHE competencies. It offers clear, step-by-step procedures for implementing each activity including preparation, introduction, the activity itself, discussion/reflection, wrap-up, and assessment. The book also addresses learning outcomes and includes recommendations for number of participants, settings, materials, and time required. Encompassing key, impactful issues affecting older individuals, the text examines Ageism and Aging in the Media, Dementia, Demography, Health Care, Housing, Physical Aging, Policy and Politics of Aging, Positive Interactions with Older Adults, and Spirituality. In addition to its value to students, the book’s activities are also beneficial to professionals instructing or participating in staff trainings, in-services, and continuing education.

Key Features:

  • Contains 32 experiential learning activities for students in a great variety of aging-related disciplines
  • Designed for activities in the classroom, in the community, on line, and take- home
  • Provides clear, step-by-step procedures for each activity from implementation through assessment
  • Addresses student learning outcomes and includes a glossary
  • Incorporates AGHE competencies
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    A Hands-On Approach to Teaching about Aging: 32 Activities for the Classroom and Beyond

    A one-of-a-kind guide to active, engaging learning strategies for aging studies

    Harnessing the proven benefits of active learning strategies, this is the first activity book created for a broad spectrum of courses in aging-related higher education. It features 32 classroom and community-based educational activities for instructors seeking to introduce and/or enhance aging content in their courses. Underscoring the interdisciplinary nature of aging studies, the book encompasses teaching strategies for instructors in such disciplines as Counseling, Family Studies, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Medicine, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Social Work, Sociology, Speech Pathology, and others.

    This peer-reviewed collection of hands-on activities is designed by noted educators in aging and incorporates AGHE competencies. It offers clear, step-by-step procedures for implementing each activity including preparation, introduction, the activity itself, discussion/reflection, wrap-up, and assessment. The book also addresses learning outcomes and includes recommendations for number of participants, settings, materials, and time required. Encompassing key, impactful issues affecting older individuals, the text examines Ageism and Aging in the Media, Dementia, Demography, Health Care, Housing, Physical Aging, Policy and Politics of Aging, Positive Interactions with Older Adults, and Spirituality. In addition to its value to students, the book’s activities are also beneficial to professionals instructing or participating in staff trainings, in-services, and continuing education.

    Key Features:

  • Contains 32 experiential learning activities for students in a great variety of aging-related disciplines
  • Designed for activities in the classroom, in the community, on line, and take- home
  • Provides clear, step-by-step procedures for each activity from implementation through assessment
  • Addresses student learning outcomes and includes a glossary
  • Incorporates AGHE competencies
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    A Hands-On Approach to Teaching about Aging: 32 Activities for the Classroom and Beyond

    A Hands-On Approach to Teaching about Aging: 32 Activities for the Classroom and Beyond

    A Hands-On Approach to Teaching about Aging: 32 Activities for the Classroom and Beyond

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    A one-of-a-kind guide to active, engaging learning strategies for aging studies

    Harnessing the proven benefits of active learning strategies, this is the first activity book created for a broad spectrum of courses in aging-related higher education. It features 32 classroom and community-based educational activities for instructors seeking to introduce and/or enhance aging content in their courses. Underscoring the interdisciplinary nature of aging studies, the book encompasses teaching strategies for instructors in such disciplines as Counseling, Family Studies, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Medicine, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Social Work, Sociology, Speech Pathology, and others.

    This peer-reviewed collection of hands-on activities is designed by noted educators in aging and incorporates AGHE competencies. It offers clear, step-by-step procedures for implementing each activity including preparation, introduction, the activity itself, discussion/reflection, wrap-up, and assessment. The book also addresses learning outcomes and includes recommendations for number of participants, settings, materials, and time required. Encompassing key, impactful issues affecting older individuals, the text examines Ageism and Aging in the Media, Dementia, Demography, Health Care, Housing, Physical Aging, Policy and Politics of Aging, Positive Interactions with Older Adults, and Spirituality. In addition to its value to students, the book’s activities are also beneficial to professionals instructing or participating in staff trainings, in-services, and continuing education.

    Key Features:

  • Contains 32 experiential learning activities for students in a great variety of aging-related disciplines
  • Designed for activities in the classroom, in the community, on line, and take- home
  • Provides clear, step-by-step procedures for each activity from implementation through assessment
  • Addresses student learning outcomes and includes a glossary
  • Incorporates AGHE competencies

  • Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9780826149176
    Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
    Publication date: 09/28/2017
    Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    Format: eBook
    Pages: 354
    File size: 10 MB

    About the Author

    Hallie Baker, PhD, is Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Muskingum University.


    Tina M. Kruger, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Applied Health Sciences, Indiana State University (ISU). Dr. Kruger developed and directs an undergraduate Gerontology certificate program at ISU.


    Rona J. Karasik, PhD, FAGHE, FGSA, is a professor and director of the Gerontology Program at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN, where she works with a broad range of community partners and supervises undergraduate and graduate gerontology interns. With over thirty years of teaching and research experience, Dr. Karasik is the author of numerous publications and presentations on gerontology internships, service-learning, classroom- and community-based activities, and incorporating anti-racist pedagogy into the gerontological curriculum. Dr. Karasik holds fellow status in both the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and is the recipient of local and national teaching awards, including AGHE's "Distinguished Faculty" award. Currently, Dr. Karasik is the editor-in-chief of Gerontology&Geriatrics Education, the official journal of the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education.

    Table of Contents

    CONTENTS

    Contributors

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    1. Teaching Courses on Aging: Experiential Learning Activities to Engage Students

    Rona J. Karasik, Tina M. Kruger, and Hallie E. Baker

    Getting the Most Out of Experiential Learning Activities

    Why a Collection of Aging Activities?

    Getting the Most Out of This Collection

    2. Ageism and Aging in the Media

    Tina M. Kruger

    Activity 2.1 Aging as Portrayed in Children’s Picture Books

    Pamela Pitman Brown

    Activity 2.2 Aging in the Movies

    April Temple

    Activity 2.3 Images: Intervention Program to Prevent Ageism in Children and Adolescents

    Sibila Marques, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Ricardo Borges Rodrigues, Joana Mendonça, Filomena Gerardo, and Filipa Cunha

    Activity 2.4 Examining the Social Clock Through YouTube

    Rachel Filinson

    3. Dementia

    Rona J. Karasik

    Activity 3.1 Dementia Communication and Empathy

    Rona J. Karasik

    Activity 3.2 Enhancing Students’ Therapeutic Interaction Skills With Older Adults With Dementia

    Minetta Wallingford and Lisa Knecht-Sabres

    4. Demography

    Hallie E. Baker

    Activity 4.1 Applying the Demography of Aging to Countries Around the World

    Hallie E. Baker

    Activity 4.2 Hometown Age Demographics

    Joann M. Montepare and Kimberly S. Farah

    5. Health Care

    Hallie E. Baker

    Activity 5.1 An Evidence-Based Team Approach: Benefits of a Gerontological Interdisciplinary Team

    Colleen Steinhauser and Cheryl Bouckaert

    Activity 5.2 Bingocize®: An Intergenerational Service-Learning Initiative to Improve Older Adults’ Functional Fitness

    K. Jason Crandall

    Activity 5.3 Medical Students’ Community Engagement

    Jennifer Mendez, Sasha Stine, and Preeya Prakash

    Activity 5.4 What Would You Do? Getting Resources for Your Older Adult Activity

    Hallie E. Baker

    6. Housing

    Rona J. Karasik

    Activity 6.1 Find a Nursing Home

    Carrie Andreoletti

    Activity 6.2 Field Trips to Senior Facilities

    Sharon A. DeVaney

    Activity 6.3 Household Disaster Planning Kits

    Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock and Eleanor Krassen Covan

    Activity 6.4 Long-Term Care Residence Disaster Planning

    Eleanor Krassen Covan and Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock

    Activity 6.5 Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy to the Exploration of Senior Housing

    Kyoko Kishimoto and Rona J. Karasik

    7. Physical Aging

    Rona J. Karasik and Tina M. Kruger

    Activity 7.1 How It Feels to Be Old

    Hallie E. Baker

    Activity 7.2 Hands-On Experience With the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

    Phyllis A. Greenberg

    Activity 7.3 Hearing Aids and Pizza

    Elaine M. Shuey and Susan Dillmuth-Miller

    Activity 7.4 Thinking Critically About Autonomy and Dependency in Aging

    Russell J. Woodruff

    8. Public Policy and Aging

    Phyllis A. Greenberg

    Activity 8.1 Examining Organizations That Benefit Older Adults in the Local Community

    Heather R. Rodriguez

    Activity 8.2 Letter to a Legislator: Civic Engagement for Gerontology Students

    April Temple

    Activity 8.3 What Will Your Future Look Like? Financing Retirement Exercise

    Hallie E. Baker and Pamela Pitman Brown

    9. Positive Interactions With Older Adults

    Mary C. Ehlman

    Activity 9.1 Intergenerational Speed Greeting

    Carrie Andreoletti and Joann M. Montepare

    Activity 9.2 Life History Interview Project

    Monika Ardelt

    Activity 9.3 Service Learning Fair (SLF) in Gerontology

    Maria Claver, Casey Goeller, and Elena Ionescu

    Activity 9.4 Site Visits as a Requirement for an Introductory Gerontology Course: Social and Demographic Implications of Aging

    Nina M. Silverstein

    10. Research Projects and Papers

    Pamela Pitman Brown

    Activity 10.1 Diversity of the Aging Experience: An Examination of Scholarly Research on Older Adults From the Past 5 Years

    Heather R. Rodriguez

    Activity 10.2 Final for Biology of Human Aging Course

    Jacquelyn Browne

    11. Spirituality

    Kelly Niles-Yokum

    Activity 11.1 Spiritual Assessment

    Connie Beran

    Activity 11.2 Exploring Cultural Death Practices Through Group Presentations

    Maria Claver and Casey Goeller

    Glossary

    Index

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