Los programas intergeneracionales en la Región de Murciaun análisis cualitativo desde la perspectiva de sus protagonistas

Abstract

The present doctoral thesis tries to analyses the intergenerational programs developed in the Region of Murcia from the perspective of the different participants involved. The main objective attends to their curiosities, motivations, values, educational advantages and disadvantages to improve and offer more quality for design of futures projects which generate the construction and exchange of new learning. More specifically to improve the strength between the connection of every generation. With this aim in mind, we intend to achieve the following specific objectives: - To recognize and analyse the existence of programs about intergenerational fields in the different contexts like elderly centres, schools and local government. - To know the functions and characteristics regarding all the participants involved: professionals, elderly and other generations according to the context where they live. - To study in depth the processes of the intergenerational relationships between older people and children with the aim to optimize the relationship between both generations. - To identify the existence of certain lacks of ability to interact between the elderly in situations with other generations, as well as the way of acting. - To consider different possibilities of organization, performance and progress according to the intergenerational exchange, the implication on other professionals; in other contexts, as well as to reflect on socio-educational future programs. To attend to the purposes previously shown, a qualitative methodology was used through semi-structured interviews and group discussions. Finally, among the main results discovered, between other aspects, personal satisfaction is the biggest demonstrated by the fact of feeling useful and of keeping on learning. In case of the interviewed children who interact with elderly people, there are formed benefits related essentially to the knowledge that they bring them; acquisition of numerous values of empathy, respect and solidarity; to learn to be better people in the life; to diminish stereotypes towards old age; and to recognize a positive image of the elderly.