Using Older People's Life Stories to Teach Developmental Psychology and Aging: Benefits and Difficulties

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 867-877

  Villar, Feliciano ^a   Fabà, Josep ^a   Celdrán, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885050323     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2013.767076     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Atkinson, R. (1998). The life story interview. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2. Bloom, B. S. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives, Handbook I: The cognitive domain. New York, NY: David McKay.
3. Bluck, S. (2003). Autobiographical memory: Exploring its functions in everyday life. Memory, 11 (2), 113 - 123.
4. Boyatzis, C. J. (1992). Let the caged bird sing: Using literature to teach developmental psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 19 (4), 221 - 222.
5. Brown, L. H., & Roodin, P. A. (2001). Service learning in gerontology: An out-of-classroom experience. Educational Geronotology, 27, 89 - 103.
6. Camp, C. J., & Brookover, C. (1997). Learning about older learners: Training undergraduates as researchers. Educational Gerontology, 23 (8), 809 - 813.
7. Clinchy, B. M. (1995). A connected approach to the teaching of developmental psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 22 (2), 100 - 104.
8. de Winstanley, P. A., & Bjork, R. A. (2002). Successful lecturing: Presenting information in ways that engage effective processing. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2002 (89), 19 - 31.
9. Erikson, E. E., Erikson, J. M., & Kivnick, H. Q. (1986). Vital involvement in old age. New York, NY: Norton.
10. Fernald, D. (1996). Heads and tales in introductory psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 23 (3), 150 - 158.
11. Hamon, R. R., & Koch, D. K. (1993). The elder mentor relationship: An experiential learning tool. Educational Gerontology, 19 (2), 147 - 159.
12. Linde, C. (1993). Life stories: The creation of coherence. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
13. Luborsky, M. R. (1994). The identification and analysis of themes and patterns. In J. F. Gubrium & A. Sankar (Eds.), Qualitative methods in aging research (pp. 189 - 210). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
14. Lundy, B. L. (2007). Service learning in life-span developmental psychology: Higher exam scores and increased empathy. Teaching of Psychology, 34 (1), 23 - 27.
15. Mayo, J. A. (2001). Life analysis: Using life-story narratives in teaching life-span developmental psychology. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 14 (1), 25 - 41.
16. McAdams, D. P. (2001). The psychology of life stories. Review of General Psychology, 5 (2), 100 - 122.
17. Moore, D. T. (2000). The relationship between experiential learning research and service learning research. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 7, 124 - 128.
18. Neysmith-Roy, J. M., & Kleisinger, C. L. (1997). Using biographies of adults over 65 years of age to understand life-span developmental psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 24 (2), 116 - 118.
19. Oggins, J., & Whitlow, C. (2002). What student interviewers learn about survey research, aging, and themselves. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 22 (3), 59 - 77.
20. Owen, W. F. (1984). Interpretive themes in relational communication. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 70, 274 - 287.
21. Staudinger, U. (2001). Life reflection: A social-cognitive analysis of life review. Review of General Psychology, 5 (2), 148 - 160.
22. van Dijk, L. A., van den Berg, G. C., & van Keulen, H. (1999). Using active instructional methods in lectures: A matter of skills and preferences. Innovations in Education and Training International, 36 (4), 260 - 272.
23. Wellin, C. (2007). Narrative interviewing: Process and benefits in teaching about aging and the life course. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 28 (1), 79 - 99.
24. Zucchero, R. A. (2009). Outcomes of a comentoring project: Inspiration and admiration. Educational Gerontology, 35 (1), 63 - 76.
25. Zucchero, R. A. (2011). A co-mentoring project: An intergenerational service-learning experience. Educational Gerontology, 37 (8), 687 - 702.