TY - JOUR
T1 - A Toy Clinic Shop
T2 - Innovation management in a Shin-Tai elementary school
AU - Hong, Jon Chao
AU - Hwang, Ming Yueh
AU - Liang, Hwey Wen
AU - Chang, Hsin Wu
N1 - Funding Information:
and greater accessibility to material goods, they tend not to cherish their belongings. Clarke and Hollingsworth (1994) described six perspectives on adult change: (a) Change as training: change is something that is done to elderly—that is, the elderly are ‘‘changed;’’ (b) Change as adaptation: the elderly ‘‘change’’ in response to something; they adapt their practices to changed conditions; (c) Change as personal development: the elderly ‘‘seek to change’’ in an attempt to improve their performance or develop additional skills or strategies; (d) Change as local reform: the elderly ‘‘change something’’ for reasons of personal growth; (e) Change as systemic restructuring: the elderly enact the ‘‘change policies’’ of the system; and (f) Change as growth or learning: the elderly ‘‘change inevitably through professional activity—the elderly are themselves learners who work in a learning community. This meaningful innovation is part of the Toy Clinic Shop Project conducted by the Department of Social Education, Ministry of Education. The Toy Clinic Shop, thus, provides an opportunity for the elderly and children in the community to interact with one another.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - In Taiwan there is a declining birth rate and a dramatic increase in the elderly population. There is also the trend of using school space that would otherwise be left unused. The experimental project "Toy Clinic Shop in Elementary School" offers an innovative management model for elementary schools to address these developments. The following are included in the project goals: lifelong learning, service learning, and intergenerational interaction. The Toy Clinic Shop is not only a place offering the opportunity for intergenerational contact, but also for sharing and learning from each other. When the elderly contribute to the shop, they enjoy being with children, and they can experience the so called Ta Tung world of utopia where they enjoy being with young people. Furthermore, schools can benefit from the project because it promotes a school's many functions, collects more resources, creates social value among retired people, and develops the human resource of the elderly.
AB - In Taiwan there is a declining birth rate and a dramatic increase in the elderly population. There is also the trend of using school space that would otherwise be left unused. The experimental project "Toy Clinic Shop in Elementary School" offers an innovative management model for elementary schools to address these developments. The following are included in the project goals: lifelong learning, service learning, and intergenerational interaction. The Toy Clinic Shop is not only a place offering the opportunity for intergenerational contact, but also for sharing and learning from each other. When the elderly contribute to the shop, they enjoy being with children, and they can experience the so called Ta Tung world of utopia where they enjoy being with young people. Furthermore, schools can benefit from the project because it promotes a school's many functions, collects more resources, creates social value among retired people, and develops the human resource of the elderly.
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U2 - 10.1080/03601270802290102
DO - 10.1080/03601270802290102
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:55749092292
SN - 0360-1277
VL - 34
SP - 1018
EP - 1033
JO - Educational Gerontology
JF - Educational Gerontology
IS - 11
ER -