Seniors tell about History

LLP programme 2007-2013 –Grundtvig Multilateral project.

Learning processes of senior citizens are of high priority in the framework of the ageing society in Europe. Psychologigal findings show that learning in higher ages is possible and desirable, when some particularities of the target group are taken into account. Theproposed  project HiStory – Seniors tell about History regards these particularities by choosing a subject, the personally experienced history, which is highly relevant and motivating to the target group of elderly, and integrating the subject into an easy-to-handle weblog learning environment with the potential of integrating audio and video files. 

The methodological approach is a  narrative one and will combine the approaches of Oral History, Biographical research and storytelling. Senior citizens will tell about their individual experiences within the European history in the 20th century. The learning process can be both the telling itself, because it means reflecting and working through of personal experiences, and the listening to/reading of the tales of others will wider the comprehension and understanding of the history of other persons in different countries.

Objetivos:

Thus, the aims of the proposed project are various: Besides the objective of European approximation and cohesion HiStory wants to address the social inclusion (and eInclusion) of seniors and to advance active citizenship in terms of awareness of historical contexts and, as a consequence, responsible political and cultural acting in the presence and future.

Actividades:

The learning process in HiStory will be not just a collection of data, but will advance meaningful, emotionally and socially relevant knowledge. Besides the content, which is of high relevance for the target group, the pedagogical approach will carefully respect the needs and constraints of the senior target group, based on the current state of the art of learning psychology. The learning process and the learning environment will be adapted to the needs of seniors and, moreover, advance communication and (intercultural) exchange and thereby will contribute to a socially integrated and more content ageing.

Additionally, the proposed project wants to integrate the aspect of transgenerational learning by including, during the second half of the project’s lifetime, European schools who will carry out pilot projects about experienced history. The students will learn from the tales of the seniors and start a communication process with the aim of transgenerational exchange, communication and learning.

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