Intergenerational Service Learning

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Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy, which provides an enriching, opportunity for today’s youth to interact with older adults to be able to understand generational differences by way of building meaningful relationships. There are several previous intergenerational learning service studies, but none of them emphasize reflection as a crucial part of service learning. A significant amount of research focuses on the relationships forged during intergenerational service learning, in specific between older adults and high school, college, or graduate students, less is known about the effect that intergenerational service learning has on elementary school students. Fair and Delaplane, set out to expand the research in this area by