Children's Ideas about Aging before and after an Intergenerational Read-Aloud

Autor/inn/en	Hall, Katrina W.; Batey, Jacqueline J.
Titel	Children's Ideas about Aging before and after an Intergenerational Read-Aloud
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 34 (2008) 10, S.862-870 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Aging (Individuals); Pilot Projects; Grade 3; Volunteers; Older Adults; Reading Aloud to Others; Childhood Attitudes; Associative Learning; Tests; Vocabulary Development; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aging; Altern; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Freiwilliger; Älterer Erwachsener; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Wortschatzarbeit
Abstract	This study describes a pilot project that included senior volunteer readers reading aloud to third graders in diverse schools across a district in northeast Florida. The researchers interviewed students about their perceptions of the aging process before and after the read aloud as well as their view of the read aloud events. The children enjoyed being read to by the senior volunteers, who were able to support the children's understanding of a fairly complex book. Further, the senior volunteers, who had expressed some hesitancy about reading to older children, greatly enjoyed the interaction. The study supports the idea that children's ideas about aging may be impacted both by book selection and the reader, and it posits that reading aloud to older children by senior volunteers may be beneficial to all parties involved. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10