Insightful Learning of Life's Lessons with Older Adult Guests in the Classroom

Ortiz, Daniel Vélez; Cross, Suzanne; Day, Angelique

doi:10.1080/03601277.2012.660844

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“…Descriptive statistics and qualitative analyses were used to analyze student answers to structured and open-ended questions. The study findings support earlier research results that facilitating exposure to the lived experience of older adults (Chonody, 2015;Knapp & Stubblefield, 2000;Laver, 2006;Marken, Moxley, & Fralwy, 2011;Ortiz et al, 2012;Stafford, 2001) and encouraging student immersion in art-based methods (Aditomo, Goodyear, Bliuc, & Ellis, 2011;Campbell & McDonagh, 2009;Lee, 2009Lee, , 2012) have a positive impact on the development of their knowledge and attitude. Moreover, the findings reveal that students found the experiential aspect of the process as positive and displayed motivation and enjoyment.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…They suggest that an activity-based approach that focuses on the interaction of the individual with the physical environment in real-life processes can capture its subtle, broad and complex nature. Thus, many studies reveal that interaction with older adults enables students to better understand their lives and experiences (Ortiz, Cross, & Day, 2012). Various exposure strategies include: older adults participating in a course interacting with younger adults (Knapp & Stubblefield, 2000;Ortiz et al, 2012); creating partnerships with students and elders through special programs (Lu, Hoffman, Hosokawa, Gray, & Zweig, 2010); encouraging undergraduate students to assume a range of responsibilities in research projects regarding aging (Laver, 2006); conducting interviews with elders in their homes (Stafford, 2001) and students carrying out participant observation in health or human service settings (Hughes & Heycox, 2008).…”

Section: Exposure Through Interview and Observationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Developing empathy towards older adults in design

Altay

2016

Educational Gerontology

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In design disciplines, an affective understanding of users' everyday lives can increase designer sensitivity and awareness, leading to higher-quality design outcomes. Developing students' empathic understanding within design education is required to accomplish this goal. This article discusses learning strategies that enhance students' empathic horizons, and specifically analyzes an assignment conducted in an Interior Architecture and Environmental Design course, "The Grandparent Experience." Here, exposure through observation and interviewing, and art-based methods are employed to develop students' empathy towards older adults. We conducted a survey with students who completed the exercise and the course, exploring their perspectives on their learning. The results reveal that students had positive views on the assignment's effectiveness regarding the learning outcome and learning process. Implications for empathic design education and educational gerontology are discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Exposure Through Interview and Observationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing empathy towards older adults in design

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2016

Educational Gerontology

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“…The one record missed by the streamlined search was a mixed methods study that was found in three other databases (Vélez Ortiz et al, 2012). The remaining six were either not found or easily isolated at the time of testing on Ageline.…”

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Streamlining search methods to update evidence and gap maps: A case study using intergenerational interventions

Rogers,

Sutton,

Campbell

et al. 2024

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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BackgroundEvidence and Gap Maps (EGMs) should be regularly updated. Running update searches to find new studies for EGMs can be a time‐consuming process. Search Summary Tables (SSTs) can help streamline searches by identifying which resources were most lucrative for identifying relevant articles, and which were redundant. The aim of this study was to use an SST to streamline search methods for an EGM of studies about intergenerational activities.MethodsTo produce the EGM, 15 databases were searched. 8638 records were screened and 500 studies were included in the final EGM. Using an SST, we determined which databases and search methods were the most efficient in terms of sensitivity and specificity for finding the included studies. We also investigated whether any database performed particularly well for returning particular study types. For the best performing databases we analysed the search terms used to streamline the strategies.ResultsNo single database returned all of the studies included in the EGM. Out of 500 studies PsycINFO returned 40% (n = 202), CINAHL 39% (n = 194), Ageline 25% (n = 174), MEDLINE 23% (n = 117), ERIC 20% (n = 100) and Embase 19% (n = 98). HMIC database and Conference Proceedings Citation Index‐Science via Web of Science returned no studies that were included in the EGM. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) returned the highest number of unique studies (n = 42), followed by ERIC (n = 33) and Ageline (n = 29). Ageline returned the most randomised controlled trials (42%) followed by CINAHL (34%), MEDLINE (29%) and CENTRAL (29%). CINAHL, Ageline, MEDLINE and PsycINFO performed the best for locating systematic reviews. (62%, 46% and 42% respectively). CINAHL, PsycINFO and Ageline performed best for qualitative studies (41%, 40% and 34%). The Journal of Intergenerational Relationships returned more included studies than any other journal (16%). No combinations of search terms were found to be better in terms of balancing specificity and sensitivity than the original search strategies. However, strategies could be reduced considerably in terms of length without losing key, unique studies.ConclusionUsing SSTs we have developed a method for streamlining update searches for an EGM about intergenerational activities. For future updates we recommend that MEDLINE, PsycINFO, ERIC, Ageline, CINAHL and PQDT are searched. These searches should be supplemented by hand‐searching the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships and carrying out backwards citation chasing on new systematic reviews. Using SSTs to analyse database efficiency could be a useful method to help streamline search updates for other EGMs.

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