INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING: LESSONS YOUNGER PEOPLE CAN DRAW FROM OLDER GENERATIONS

This paper examines how intergenerational learning contributes to the personal development of younger people and the preservation of cultural knowledge. Drawing on selected publications on family learning and intergenerational contact, it discusses three ways older adults can contribute to younger people's learning: sharing practical experience, modelling values such as perseverance and respect, and explaining the meaning of family and community traditions. The paper also considers how younger people can contribute to the exchange by sharing digital skills and contemporary perspectives. It identifies the main areas of intergenerational learning (respect, perseverance, family values, and cultural traditions) and argues that effective intergenerational communication is a condition for preserving social experience and for the sustainable development of society.