The 'Other' in Ourselves - 9781138103139

Taylor & Francis

The 'Other' in OurselvesExploring the educational power of the humanities and arts\nAuthor(s): Kate de Medeiros, Kelly Niles-Yokum, Judith L. Howe\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138103139, 978-1138103139\nSynopsis\nIncreasingly, scholars from many disciplines have begun to incorporate various modalities from the humanities and arts novels, films, artwork, and other forms of expression to help connect students with the experience of aging in deeply meaningful and person-centered ways. This collection examines how these approaches are incorporated into gerontology and geriatrics education. Rather than focusing solely on measurable outcomes, such as changes in learning over time which is the purview of empirical pedagogy chapters focus on strategies for successfully incorporating a specific work into the classroom, descriptions of humanities and/or arts exercises with students or older adults, and other ways t.