Intergenerational Educational Encounters: Part 1: A Model of Knowledge

This paper, the first in a 2-part series, proposes a Model-of-Knowledge for the social analysis of intergenerational encounters between older adults and children and discusses professional intervention. The model is based on the findings of a pilot counseling activity at a primary school in Israel. It sets forth 4 types of encounters between children and older adults. The encounters included an estimation of the relative advantage of knowledge...