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Different Concepts of Generation and their Impact on Intergenerational Learning

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Learning across Generations in Europe

Part of the book series: Research on the Education and Learning of Adults ((ESRE))

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In recent years, intergenerational learning has become a major topic in research. Nevertheless, a theory of intergenerational learning is still missing and empirical research seems to deliver very different results as investigations are usually related to just one scenario of intergenerational learning.

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    Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha

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    Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha

  2. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Sabina Jelenc Krašovec

  3. University of Malta, Malta

    Marvin Formosa

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Schmidt-Hertha, B. (2014). Different Concepts of Generation and their Impact on Intergenerational Learning. In: Schmidt-Hertha, B., Krašovec, S.J., Formosa, M. (eds) Learning across Generations in Europe. Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-902-9_12

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