Conference “New Trends on Adult Education”
16 November, 2010
Intergenerational learning: a way to foster
Intergenerational solidarity
Teresa Almeida Pinto
Email: teresa@viver.org
Teresa Almeida Pinto | teresa@viver.org
1.Reflection: why mature and older
people do not participate in LLL?
2. Results from the inquiry in the
registration Form
3. Intergerational learning: a way
to foster Intergenerational
solidarity
Teresa Almeida Pinto | teresa@viver.org
Currently EU27 has 141 millions of
inhabitants aged between 50 and
70 years old, but only 6,5 millions
participate in education or training
activities
Source: Eurostat, 2010
Reasons of participation in non-formal
education and training UK, SE and HU (2008)
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Participation of low-skilled and older persons
(50-64) in lifelong learning, 2007 (%)
Source: Eurostat, EU labour force survey (LFS), 2007, date of extraction: May 2008
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we learn trough informal or even
accidental means, all sort of
subjects.
Learning everyday it’s as natural
as breading every minute.
Source: Eurostat, EU labour force survey (LFS), 2007, date of extraction: May 2008
how people can transform their every
day informal and accidental learning
in to a valuable asset, not only to
themselves but also to society?
What kind of skills
mature and older
people, should
develop?
Madonna, 51 years
Education and training Programmes, for mature and older
adults, should be focused on improving their.
Strongly
agree
Disagree
Professional
29%
16%
Linguistic
24%
14%
Intercultural
43%
7%
Learning to learn
45%
7%
Competencies:
Participants in the Conference “New Trends on Adult Education”:
179 ansewers received, 153 validated
Source:
Next generation of Education and training Programmes, for
mature and older adults, should pay more attention to:
Mentoring and
Befriending
Intergenerational
Learning
Self-directed
Learning
Community based
learning
Strongly
agree
Disagree
32%
9%
47%
5%
31%
11%
31%
7%
Participants in the Conference “New Trends on Adult Education”:
179 ansewers received, 153 validated
Source:
The primary objectives of Education and Training
Programmes should be:
Strongly
agree
Disagree
Promoting equity, social
cohesion and active
citizenship
Enhancing creativity
and innovation,
including
entrepreneurship
Improving mobility and
professional exchange
61%
1%
50%
4%
35%
5%
Recognition of prior
learning
33%
9%
Intergerational learning: a way to foster Intergenerational solidarity
2020 Strategy
become more green, for the sake of the
planet

become more solidary, for the sake of
humankind

How to create solide links between generations?
Intergerational learning: a way to foster Intergenerational solidarity
Intergenerational Activities
Intergenerational Learning
Source: Eurostat, EU labour force survey (LFS), 2007, date of extraction: May 2008
Intergerational learning: a way to foster Intergenerational solidarity
Intergenerational Activities
(involve some degree of learning, but usually
learning it’s not the central focus)
how can we take advantage from the
know-how and success of
intergenerational activities and
incorporate it’s principles into
education?
Source: Eurostat, EU labour force survey (LFS), 2007, date of extraction: May 2008
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How generations can learn and evolve
together?
Promote:
Intergenerational learning as an academic
discipline

Active intergenerational learning, at local
level

Source: Eurostat, EU labour force survey (LFS), 2007, date of extraction: May 2008
Intergenerational learning as an academic discipline
How prepared are the current professionals,
to design transports, houses or daily objects,
to older people?
How Prepared are university teachers to
have in their class rooms, students, not only
younger than them, but also oldest ones?
Is it the same to a lawyer or a
psychologist, when they address
to older people, or to young, adult
people?
Intergenerational learning as an academic discipline
We need to define standards,
equalize terms, identify and elect
methods, procedures, and above
all, re-organize the concept and
the model
Active
intergenerational learning, at local level
WHO Concept of Age Friendly Cities
Learning across life-span
Intergenerational Learning at local
level
Active
intergenerational learning, at local level
Companies, social institutions and local
municipalities, are the better equipped to
conduct regional projects, tailored to the
real need of their citizens.
Older people need to express their
willing to keep contribute to society,
regardless to their age, skills and
socio-economic background.
Active
intergenerational learning, at local level
Here some examples:
Elders learning from youngsters, other subjects
besides ICT or languages;
Intergenerational entrepreneurship and selfemployment shared between young and elders;
Knowledge sharing in the workplace;
Intergenerational partnerships between younger
and the older family business owners or managers,
near retirement and without available biological
family to succeed;
Source: MATES Project
THANK YOU !
Teresa Almeida Pinto
Contact: teresa@viver.org