IGLC_Magazine_April 2018

Intergenerational Education
Experiential learning
Searching for Pieces of evidence and its
relevance in the Indian context
Intergenerational learning
programs and practices are being
implemented widely in the world
to openspace forlifelong learning
processes. The Belem Framework
for Action refers to lifelong
learning as “an organising
principle of all forms of
education”. Many research
papers have been published
citing many interventions of the
Intergenerational learning with
School going children and
highlight their positive impact on
both the generation.
For instance, Gallager and
Fitzpatrick facilitating learning
across life-course and
pedagogies of intergenerational
practice in preschool and elder
care settings in Ireland ;Hunter
and Wilson from Scotland
supported secondary school
students in their journey into
higher education by meaningful
engagement of retired
professional with them;
Hanmore, Cawley and Scharf
shown how a range of
curriculum-related civic literacy
through Intergenerational
practices can improve civic
literacy scores in young children
of Irish primary school; Sanchez
and his colleagues from Spain
presented seven principles that
policy-makers should consider
when planning infusion of
intergenerational program in
primary schools, etc. UNESCO
Education Strategy 2014-2021
echoed the need of shift away from
knowledge-conveying instruction to
learning for personal development
and from the acquisition of special
skills to broader discovery and the
releasing and
"Education is itself
critical to
intergenerational
solidarity, as the means
of transmitting
accumulated or at least
latest scientific and
other knowledge to
future generations."
harnessing of creative potential at
all levels of education.
In India, Formal education in schools
is grappling with many challenges in
context of providing Quality
education in spite of various good
policies and framework in place.
Recently published Economic
Survey, 2018 (Ministry of Finance,
Government of India) presents
estimates of learning outcomes
drawing parallels from the poverty