An Age-Friendly Multidisciplinary Course Integrating the Physical and Social Sciences

Autor/inn/en	Farah, Kimberly S.; Montepare, Joann M.
Titel	An Age-Friendly Multidisciplinary Course Integrating the Physical and Social Sciences
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 48 (2019) 3, S.24-29 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Interdisciplinary Approach; Physical Sciences; Social Sciences; Aging (Individuals); Community Problems; Problem Solving; Environment; Health; Industry; Ecology; Sustainability; Energy; Well Being; Social Psychology; Hands on Science; Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Aging; Altern; Problemlösen; Umwelt; Gesundheit; Industrie; Ökologie; Nachhaltigkeit; Energie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Sozialpsychologie
Abstract	Our population is aging, calling for communities to be more age friendly and younger individuals to be more aware of aging issues that will impact their personal and professional lives. However, colleges provide few opportunities for students to prepare themselves for a more age-diverse world. Drawing on a new general education core curriculum that calls for students to gain and integrate information within four different knowledge perspectives, we describe a multidisciplinary course that uses information from the physical and social sciences to examine age-friendly community problems and solutions. Topics included environmental health, industrial ecology, and sustainable energy in the context of social-psychological well-being across the life span. Research activities and design projects gave students hands-on opportunities to apply multidisciplinary approaches to complex problems and gain age-related knowledge. Evaluations indicated that the course successfully accomplished its learning objectives, and several lessons were learned about delivering an age-friendly, multidisciplinary course. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01