Aprendizaje intergeneracional en contextos familiares y socio-educativos. Estudio de caso en la comarca extremeña de Sierra Suroeste.

Abstract

This research shows the knowledge transfers between people of different ages, through meaningful learning processes of concepts in family and socio-educational contexts, which influence children's socialization. The fieldwork was developed using the survey applied to relatives in three localities of the Extremadura region called Sierra Suroeste. The questionnaire focus on the teaching of concepts related to norms and life skills, in addition to the learning relationships between people of three generations within home. The object of study is the verification of knowledge acquired by children of adult family members involved in their socialization, paying attention to grandparents. Likewise, the participant observation was applied in the implementation of intergenerational program at local level, evidencing the transmission of concepts between people of different ages without family relationship. Thus, it was possible to verify the results of this teaching experience, also attending to aspects related to the promotion of autonomy and active ageing. The data emphasize that the main concepts that these minors learn from their adult would be included in the category of "Ethics and morals", "Experiences", "Environmental Education" and "Sports"; while children learn more from their parents, followed by their grandparents, and finally from their siblings.

Intergenerational leisure and family reconciliation

“…It considers that the grandparents share their knowledge and experiences with their grandchildren, and the grandchildren, in turn, share their learning with their grandparents. These findings coincide with the results of other investigations (Cambero & Rangel, 2020;Sáenz de Jubera & Valdemoros, 2018).…”

“…However, the motivations for this shared practice could also be based on the psychological, social, educational, and cultural benefits perceived by both generations (Caballo et al, 2020;Sciplino & Kinshott, 2019), which are linked to: psychological health-enhancing positive feelings, social health, fostering personal relationships and bonds based on enjoyment and voluntariness; and the cultural and educational sphere-generating co-learning and transmitting historical knowledge, tradition, culture, and values (Bedard, 2020;Cambero & Rangel, 2020;Gaskin & Orellana, 2018;Lasota, 2015;Megías & Ballesteros, 2011).…”

Contextual Character Education for Students in the Senior High School

“…In achieving these developmental tasks, the environment clearly plays an important role in adolescent life. In the traditional parenting model, it is the family environment, friendship, and neighborhood that play the most important role (Rivero & Preciado, 2020;Hermino & Luangsithideth, 2017). Yet, now, with the dominance of the media in today's human life, traditional parenting patterns get a counterpoint from the media.…”

Grandparents’ and Grandchildren’s Shared Festive Leisure

“…This is contrary to other types of leisure such as recreational and cultural leisure [35] and environmental-ecological leisure [34], in which the grandchildren instruct their grandparents in the performance of leisure practices that they master and the grandparents guide them in the performance of leisure activities about which they are more knowledgeable and have more experience. Leisure spaces are perceived by grandparents as scenarios where sharing leisure turns them into transmitters of historical knowledge, tradition, culture, and values, as well as of identity and membership in a community [9,[20][21][22]36].…”

“…Grandparents' decisions to transmit traditional knowledge and values are usually active choices driven by the wish to leave their descendants a legacy of traditions that ensures cultural continuity in their grandchildren as the bearers of social and cultural capital [14,15]. In studies such as those of [16][17][18][19][20][21], the authors highlight that grandmothers are more active mediators in intergenerational cultural exchanges than grandfathers, although there are no significant differences between them in terms of the degree of participation in the socialization of their grandchildren [22].…”