INTERGENERATIONAL BENEFITS OF EXPERIENCE CORPS: IMPACT ON CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS

体验团的代际效益：对儿童和学校的影响

• 批准号: 8101120
• 负责人: GEORGE W. REBOK
• 金额: $ 10.49万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8101120
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The aging of American society and the unmet educational needs of America's children are two issues at the forefront of the nation's local and national policy agenda. An innovative program addressing both issues, called the Experience Corps (EC), places older volunteers in public elementary schools in high-impact, generative roles designed to help meet schools' needs and increase the physical, cognitive, and social activity of the volunteers. Recent results from a pilot randomized trial in 6 Baltimore City schools support the potential of the program to improve health in the aging population and simultaneously improve educational outcomes for children and schools. We now propose to conduct a randomized, controlled, community-based participatory trial of the EC program, with dual randomization of 48 schools and 1046 older volunteers in Baltimore. We have a unique and timely opportunity to partner with the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, the school system, and the City Commission on Aging to scale up the EC program across Baltimore City and to conduct a randomized trial of its impact on older adults' health and function, schools and children, and society. The overall goal of Project 2 is to study the child outcomes, as measured by standardized tests and school record data, and their improvement as a function of the social capital offered by an aging society. We also seek to understand the potential benefits of such social capital for teacher retention and school climate, and the reciprocity between these important societal benefits from the contributions of older adults and positive feedback onto the older adults' wellbeing and outcomes. Hypothesized benefits of EC participation for children and schools are expected to result from the core features of the EC program which include placing a critical mass of trained volunteers in schools, having them fulfill meaningful roles to meet school needs, requiring a commitment of 15 hours/week, and providing an incentive reimbursement. Specific aims include testing hypotheses about gains in academic performance and readiness-to-learn from having a critical mass of EC volunteers in the school [Aim 1]. Aim 2 examines improvements in behavior essential to learning resulting from the EC. Aim 3 is to examine effects on school climate and on teacher retention and absenteeism. Finally, Aim 4 (in collaboration with Projects 1 & 4) examines the association of improved academic performance, behavior, and attendance in schools, with volunteer retention, program satisfaction, and efficacy. This proposal represents a direct contribution to human health in that it should result in further development and implementation of an intergenerational program designed to simultaneously impact health and well-being of older adults as well as educational needs of children. It is expected that scaling up will provide evidence for broader impact on older adults and children, and highlight the generative potential of an aging society for meeting critical social needs.

美国社会的老龄化和美国儿童的教育需求未得到满足是当今世界面临的两个问题 国家地方和国家政策议程的前沿。解决这两个问题的创新计划， 称为“经验军团”(EC)，将年长志愿者安置在影响力较大的公立小学， 旨在帮助满足学校需求并提高身体、认知和社交能力的生成性角色 志愿者的活动。巴尔的摩市 6 所学校进行的一项随机试点试验的最新结果支持 该计划在改善老龄化人口健康并同时改善 儿童和学校的教育成果。我们现在建议进行一项随机、受控、 EC 计划的社区参与试验，对 48 所学校和 1046 名老年人进行双重随机分组 巴尔的摩的志愿者。我们有一个独特而及时的机会与市长合作 巴尔的摩、学校系统和市老龄委员会将扩大 EC 项目 巴尔的摩市并对其对老年人健康和功能的影响进行了随机试验，学校 以及儿童和社会。项目 2 的总体目标是研究儿童的成果，衡量标准为 标准化考试和学校记录数据，以及它们作为所提供的社会资本的函数的改进 由老龄化社会。我们还试图了解这种社会资本对教师的潜在好处 保留率和学校氛围，以及这些重要的社会效益之间的相互关系 老年人的贡献以及对老年人福祉和结果的积极反馈。 假设 EC 参与对儿童和学校的好处预计来自核心 EC 计划的特点包括在学校安置大量经过培训的志愿者， 他们履行有意义的角色来满足学校的需求，需要每周投入 15 个小时，并提供 奖励补偿。具体目标包括测试有关学业成绩进步的假设 学校拥有足够数量的 EC 志愿者，并做好学习准备[目标 1]。目标 2 检查 EC 带来的对学习至关重要的行为改善。目标 3 是检查对学校的影响 气候以及教师保留和缺勤情况。最后，目标 4（与项目 1 和 4 合作） 研究了学业成绩、行为和上学出勤率提高之间的关系， 志愿者保留率、项目满意度和有效性。该提案直接贡献于 人类健康，因为它应导致进一步发展和实施代际 旨在同时影响老年人的健康和福祉以及教育的计划 儿童的需求。预计扩大规模将为老年人和老年人产生更广泛的影响提供证据 儿童，并强调老龄化社会满足关键社会需求的创造潜力。