Creating Aging-friendly Communities
Creating Aging-friendly Communities

Author: Andrew E. Scharlach

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0199379580

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Creating Aging-Friendly Communities examines the need to redesign America's communities to respond to our aging society. What differentiates it from other books is its breadth of focus, evidence-based consideration of key infrastructure characteristics, and examination of the strengths and limitations of promising approaches for fostering aging-friendly communities.

Introduction to Educational Gerontology
Introduction to Educational Gerontology

Author: Ronald H. Sherron

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2013-11-12

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1317770714

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Educational gerontology is the study of the changes in the learning process caused by old age. This new edition provides an update of developments in this field of research. The volume probes topics such as implications for education for the aging, reminiscence, methods of teaching, social exchange and equal opportunity.

Service-Learning in Higher Education
Service-Learning in Higher Education

Author: Barbara Jacoby

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1996-09-27

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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As an added value, the book describes and provides contact information for national organizations that support service-learning and resources that are useful in helping students make postcollege service and career choices. Service-Learning in Higher Education is an invaluable resource for all campus professionals - including faculty members, student affairs practitioners, and senior academic leaders who are interested in advancing the goals of student learning and development while simultaneously making a unique contribution to the community.