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Elder lifelong learning, intergenerational solidarity and positive youth development: the case of Hong Kong

  • Ka Man So and Daniel T.L. Shek EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: May 20, 2011
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
From the journal Volume 23 Issue 2

Abstract

Elder lifelong learning has been promoted worldwide under different modes for upgrading quality of life of elders and actualizing successful aging. With multiple objectives, some modes of the elder lifelong learning program attempt to simultaneously address the social issues of age-segregation and negative perceptions of older people by adopting an intergenerational approach. Such an approach links the two non-biological generations – the young and the old – together purposefully for nurturing intergenerational solidarity and integration. Although program evaluation studies demonstrate the positive impacts and effects of an intergenerational approach on older people, its impact on young people is not well-researched. This paper explores intergenerational solidarity generated from the intergenerational-mode elder lifelong learning program in Hong Kong and argues how it contributes to positive youth development.

Keywords: elder lifelong learning; intergenerational program; intergenerational solidarity; positive youth development
Corresponding author: Professor Daniel T.L. Shek, PhD, FHKPS, BBS, JP, Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room HJ407, Core H, Hunghom, Hong Kong
Received: 2010-5-15
Revised: 2010-6-20
Accepted: 2010-6-28
Published Online: 2011-05-20
Published Online: 2011-3-1
Published in Print: 2011-06-01

©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijamh.2011.016
Keywords for this article
elder lifelong learning; intergenerational program; intergenerational solidarity; positive youth development

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Publisher's Note
  2. Publisher’s Note
  3. Editorial
  4. Advances in adolescent research in the Chinese culture: reflections and future research directions
  5. Review Articles
  6. Elder lifelong learning, intergenerational solidarity and positive youth development: the case of Hong Kong
  7. A methodological critique of parenting research in Hong Kong
  8. A conceptual critique of parenting research in Hong Kong
  9. Poverty and adolescent developmental outcomes: a critical review
  10. Quantitative and qualitative approaches in the study of poverty and adolescent development: separation or integration?
  11. Perceptions of older people among Chinese adolescents: conceptual and methodological issues
  12. Applications of interpretive and constructionist research methods in adolescent research: philosophy, principles and examples
  13. Original Articles
  14. Fears about treatment among young drug abusers in Hong Kong
  15. Getting to hear the voices of the unwed mothers: their decisions to keep their babies for lone motherhood
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