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Intergenerational Service-Learning: Selected Resources

This bibliography highlights resources which encourage and help people get older adults involved in service-learning either on their own or with youth and younger adults.

Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, June 2007.


Adler, R. P. (2002). Engaging older volunteers in after-school programs. San Francisco, CA: Civic Ventures.

Adler, R. P. (2003). The potential of older workers for staffing California's after-school programs. Retrieved from http://www.experiencecorps.org/images/pdf/OlderWorkers.pdf

American Association of Retired Persons. (1992). Becoming a school partner: A guidebook for organizing intergenerational partnerships in schools. Washington, DC: Author.

Blake, A. R. (2000). Senior volunteers in literacy programs: A study of design and practice. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service.

Brandes, B., & Green, R. (1999). Off their rockers into service: Connecting the generations through service learning. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center.

Bressler, J., & Herkin, N. Z. (2005). Connecting generations, strengthening communities: A comprehensive toolkit for intergenerational program planners. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning.

Harvard School of Public Health. (2004). Reinventing aging: Baby boomers and civic engagement. Boston, MA: Author.

Institute for Global Education and Service Learning. (2000). Intergenerational oral history program: A service learning model: Facilitator's manual. Leavittown, PA: Author.

Institute for Global Education and Service Learning. (2002). Service-learning for Senior Corps. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service.

LEARNS. (n.d.). Assessing high-quality education placement sites: A checklist for Senior Corps project directors & staff. Retrieved from http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/files/legacy/filemanager/download/learns/Assessing_High-Quality.pdf

LEARNS. (n.d.). For the classroom teacher: Realizing results with your senior volunteer. Retrieved from http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/files/legacy/filemanager/download/learns/Classroom_Teacher.pdf

LEARNS. (n.d.). Volunteering in today's schools: A tool for Senior Corps volunteers. Retrieved from http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/files/legacy/filemanager/download/learns/Volunteering_in_Todays_Schools.pdf

McCrea, J. M., Weissman, M., & Thorpe-Brown, G. (2004). Connecting the generations: A practical guide for developing intergenerational programs. San Francisco, CA: Civic Ventures.

South Carolina State Department of Education. (2000). Serving to learn: Generation-2-generation: Integrating intergenerational service-learning across the curriculum. Columbia, SC: Author.

Watson, L., Kaplan, M., Perlstein, S., & Tietze, R. (2001). Grandpartners: Intergenerational learning and civic renewal, k-6. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

 

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National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. (2007). Intergenerational service-learning: Selected resources. Retrieved from
http://servicelearning.org/instant_info/bibs/cb_bibs/intergenerational-sl/index.php

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