S5E06 - Embedding intergenerational learning and practice with Fey Cole

POD-CACHE

00:00 Introduction - Welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable professional development podcast from CACHE Alumni

00:48 Fey Cole - An introduction to Fey

02:24 Why intergenerational practice? Fey explains how she first got involved with bringing intergenerational learning to an educational setting

03:50 Making the project student-led and establishing an intergenerational café

04:50 Embedding existing learning aims and outcomes into the project delivery

06:00 The impact of lockdown on intergenerational learning and the café group

07:09 Intergenerational Practice in Schools and Settings - Fey's book proposal

08:53 The benefits of intergenerational care - Collaborating with Health and Social Care teams and the community

10:35 Engaging partners and participants in intergenerational projects

13:10 Why write a book? Fey talks about her own career progression and enjoyment of writing and journaling for reflection

15:35 Intergenerational learning means intergenerational support - our own experiences support those around us and we can learn from those we teach

16:43 POD-CACHE

17:06 Project-based learning - finding structure to support our curiosity

18:21 Community learning - advocating for our project and acting on feedback

19:27 The community online - growing your own personal learning network and building your community

21:50 Using Facebook as a teaching tool - Fey wins an award for her use of social media in education

24:00 How do you manage it all? Fitting passion projects around work and life

26:20 Staying accountable to your audience and to yourself to avoid overwhelm and manage self-care

28:42 Saying yes more: making time to enjoy life

29:55 Setting priorities, understanding your values and deciding what to say no to

32.20 Play is important for everyone - Why we should get grown ups involved in play for creativity, problem solving and wellbeing

34:20 What did Fey learn through the intergenerational learning project? Taking a step back and learning about community together

36:55 What’s the worst that could happen? - Developing confidence and empowering learners, the wider community and yourself

39:00 Start your own intergenerational learning project - the many benefits of our café for learners and how to find support

40:15 Thanks for listening!

Fey Cole is an Early Years lecturer, and a Teaching and Learning Advisor for the Confucius Hub, which allows her to support teachers who come to work and share practice in the UK from China. Her book, Intergenerational Practice in Schools and Settings provides guidance through the many approaches in education that bring generations together.

Join Dawn as she chats to Fey about inter-generational learning, project-based learning and engaging students and the community in learning, practice and play.

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Find articles about animals in education and care setting written by Fey Cole in CACHE Alumni's quarterly member magazine, Aluminate, or listen to another episode of POD-CACHE as we talk reflection with Annie Pendrey.

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