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Inter-generational learning of teachers University of Antwerp
This paper examines how and what teachers learn from their older and younger colleagues. Data were gathered from interviews and written reports from 27 Belgian and Finnish teachers. Thematic qualitative analysis was used. The results revealed differences in what teachers learn from older and younger colleagues. Teachers reported learning innovative teaching methods and ICT skills from younger colleagues, whereas practical information, classroom ...
Promoting sustainable communities through intergenerational practice Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Achieving social cohesion through intergenerational practice Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Intergenerational professional relationships in elementary school teams University of Antwerp
This paper examines the extent to which school team members professional relationships are affected by being part of a certain generational cohort. These professional relationships provide opportunities for intergenerational knowledge flows and can therefore be relevant for intergenerational learning. Nowadays these topics have gained more attention due to worldwide demographic changes such as increased retirement rates and high levels of ...
Facilitators of intergenerational similarity in social and political attitudes: the role of discussion, sophistication, attitudinal homogeneity, and gender Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
While parents remain key socializing agents for political attitudes of adolescents, we observe that parent–child similarity in these attitudes is less substantial than initially theorized and seems to vary across studies and type of attitude. We hypothesize that social learning mechanisms explain differences in the strength of parent–child similarity. To assess this proposition, we compare the moderating power of political discussion, ...
Meanings attached to intergenerational language shift processes in the context of migrant families Ghent University
In the same boat – Intergenerational training in North and South Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Intergenerational knowledge retention as impulse for public service performance University of Antwerp
Learning who not to vote for: The role of parental socialization in the development of negative partisanship KU Leuven
In this paper, we explore the importance of negative orientations towards political parties in the political socialization process. We extend the traditional idea that children adopt a certain positive party attachment from their parents, and also take into account the possibility that the family can play an important role in the development of negative partisanship. We test the assumption that within the family, children learn both about the ...