{"product_id":"learning-at-the-ends-of-life-9781442613478","title":"Learning at the Ends of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntergenerational learning programs bring together skipped generations (for instance, elders and young children) to promote expansive communication and identity options for participants, as well as the forging of relationships between generations. More specifically, these programs help foster multimodal literacy for both generations, encouraging new ways of seeing oneself and the world. \u003cem\u003eLearning at the Ends of Life\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates the unique benefits of these trail-blazing programs through more than seven years of research on developing and implementing intergenerational curricula in Canada and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first formal and sustained work on intergenerational curricula and literacies, \u003cem\u003eLearning at the Ends of Life\u003c\/em\u003e details the experiences of educators and participants in these programs. Rachel M. Heydon brings to life the particular possibilities of arts-based, multimodal curricula that draw on participants’ existing funds of knowledge and interests\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Chapter One: Introduction to Intergenerational Learning Programs  Chapter Two: Who Can Say What Is In My Heart? Illustrations of What Intergenerational Learning Programs Have Meant to Their Participants  Chapter Three: The Making of Intergenerational Learning Programs  Chapter Four: Intergenerational Art Curricula and its Possibilities for Participants Communication and Identity Options  Chapter Five: The Possibilities of Curriculum: A Semiotic Chain in an Intergenerational Art  Chapter Six: The Ends of Life: Death, Dying and Illness in Intergenerational Learning Programs  Chapter Seven: The Lessons of Intergenerational Learning Programs  References  Appendices\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187496837463,"sku":"9781442613478","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/learning-at-the-ends-of-life-9781442613478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}