Intergenerational Learning in Higher Education: Making the Case for Multigenerational Classrooms

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 473-485

  Sánchez, Mariano ^a   Kaplan, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896707512     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2013.844039     Document Type: Article

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