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Spinoff Programs |
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In 2006-2007, there will be no grant supported programs, but all of the following spinoff and other programs will be offered. |
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Elderquest
II: Journeys through Midlife and Beyond:Brandeis
University:
Spring 2007, Facilitator: Sharon Sokoloff |
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In Spring 2006, BOLLI (as one of 19 lifelong learning programs)
participated
in the pilot of “Elderquest” – a program
funded by the National Endowment
of the Humanities. Elderquest was described as a “new version of an
ancient
narrative (starting with Homer and Sophocles) of later
life as a time to embark on the last and most important
of life’s transformative
journeys, rather than a time to
retire, withdraw, and decline”.
Based on
lessons
learned from this successful pilot, we are adapting
Elderquest
and piloting Elderquest II: Journeys
through Midlife and Beyond.
In this course, we
will (again) use film and literary narrative to explore
adult development and discuss our protagonists’ lives
(and perhaps our own)
using various lenses. They
include: 1) How do we change in positive and
negative
ways in the “second half of life” and how can we
maximize the
positive? 2) An eight-part framework (“Elderquest
Essential Components”)
used to analyze the narratives in
last year’s pilot; 3) The “Seven
Challenges of Elderhood
and the Second Half of Life” (also from Elderquest); 4)
Key concepts related to adult development theory. In
this course, we
will view films (in the majority of the
5 sessions) and break into groups for
facilitated
discussion led by the three leaders. In the session(s)
when we
discuss a literary text, additional time will be
spent on the overarching
themes of the course narratives
and perhaps how they relate to our lives.
CLASS WILL MEET OVER TWO SLOTS FOR A TOTAL OF 3 HOURS. |
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Describe a typical 1.5 hour study
group session and your
role as the
leader
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This will be
a 5 week course in the 2nd half of the semester.
Most of the
classes, probably four, will use film as the
medium. In each of
these
classes we will view a film and
follow it with facilitated
discussion in the 2nd half
of the class
by the three
co-leaders. We are likely to break into small
groups for
discussion in which case the three co-leaders
will lead separate
discussions
to maximize participation by
class members.
One class is
likely to involve the facilitated discussion of
one short story
or novel (an elderquest). In this class, we
will also present
and discuss
theoretical and conceptual frameworks implicit to
our learning objectives. |
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The Elderquest
in Today’s Movies and Novels: Brook Haven Village,
Needham, MA |
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A satellite
of the LLI at Tufts University. This is a repeat of
our original
program being offered by Program Director,
Chuck
Nicholas. The class
will begin on March 21 from
1:30 -3:30 and
run for eight weeks. |
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"Son of
Elderquest”: an ambitious new curriculum now being offered
at the
North Carolina Center for Creative
Requirement,
University of North Carolina,
Ashville.
For more information
contact Ron Manheimer at
rmanheimer@unca.edu . |
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