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Intergenerational Education to Enhance Sustainable Community Development

Nives Ličen * nives.licen@ff.uni-lj.si * ORCID: 0000-0001-5032-4853 * ResearcherID: AAL-6123-2021
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SLOVENIA

Aleksandra Šindić * aleksandra.sindic-radic@ff.unibl.org * ORCID: 0000-0001-8565-0464
University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Philosophy, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Jurka Lepičnik Vodopivec * jurka.lepicnik@pef.upr.si * ORCID: 0000-0003-3238-7660
University of Primorska, Faculty of Education, SLOVENIA

Klara Kožar Rosulnik * klara.kozar-rosulnik@zrc-sazu.si * ORCID: 0000-0001-8509-4023
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts, Slovenian Migration Institute, SLOVENIA

Open Journal for Educational Research, 2021, 5(1), 49-62 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0501.05049l
Received: 12 February 2021 ▪ Accepted: 13 April 2021 ▪ Published Online: 27 May 2021

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
The article outlines the emergent cooperation between generations in the local environment. The aim of the research was to identify the key characteristics of learning ecologies that may be used to promote new practices. The theoretical framework was constructed through the concepts of learning ecology, community education, and postformal education. A qualitative research approach was used. Data was collected by means of 10 individual and one focus group interviews. The research revealed that the networks of different actors in the local community are effective approaches for developing intergenerational practices. It is important to connect different types of knowledge (intangible cultural heritage, local knowledge and scientific knowledge, social and emotional knowledge), skills and values, as well as different groups and organizations in the local environment to act and learn together.

KEY WORDS: community education, learning ecology, local community, sustainable development.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Klara Kožar Rosulnik, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts, Slovenian Migration Institute, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA. E-mail: klara.kozar-rosulnik@zrc-sazu.si.

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