VIRTUAL COMPARATIVE GLOBAL AGING CURRICULUM/COURSE – STUDENT GLOBAL COMPETENCES QUALITATIVE THEMATIC ANALYSIS
2024

Global Competences in Aging Education

Sample size: 37 publication

Author Information

Author(s): Zurek Alina, Zurek Grzegorz, Holley Lyn

Primary Institution: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Conclusion

Students developed important global competences related to aging through an international virtual course.

Supporting Evidence

  • The course was a collaboration between American and Polish universities.
  • Students learned to address local and global issues related to aging.
  • The analysis focused on cognitive, socio-emotional, and ethical dimensions of global competences.

Takeaway

Students from different countries learned how to understand and help older people by sharing ideas and working together.

Methodology

Qualitative analysis of Learning Journals using MAXQDA software.

Participant Demographics

Students from 10 European countries participating in the ERASMUS exchange program.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1093/geroni/igae098.3927

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