2nd Meeting - Germany

2nd MEETING – MEMORY XL PROJECT -   FRANKFURT, 24-27/2/2013

M ETING  PROGRAMME  -   after a second glance Meeting Place: Café Anschluss, Hansaallee 150
When	S u b j e c t s   --    A c t i v i t i e s
25/2/2013 Monday 9.00’ – 10.30’ 10.30’ – 11.00’ 11.00’ – 11.30’ 11.30’ – 13.00’  13.00’ – 15.00’ 1	-Introduction -A sociometric ice breaking -Presentation of the Host Organisation     Coffee break Presentation of the Private methods and the Hidden knowledge -  summary by the Greek team ( based on material received by all partners till early February) Presentation of the local results by representatives of the partners’ teams: 3 presentations   X   about 30’ min. each. The other teams will comment, using paper available on the table,  and everybody will be asked to note down the most interesting, unusual or strange or well known (to them) ideas. After the presentation from 2 teams, the audience is asked to put these papers at the wall and give short information why (s)he is impressed by it  Lunch at a seniors’ home which works in the meaning of Prof. Böhm’s psycho-biographic care model. After lunch we can have a short guided tour through the home (or a part of it). Setting the presentations (it’s up to us when we finish the presentations that day) Free time   (from 5.00’ or 5.15’ on) Individual dinner
26/2/2013 Tuesday 9.00’ – 11.00’ 11.00’ – 11.30’ 11.30’ – 13.00’    13.00’ 16.00’	Proceeding with the presentations Coffee break Cluster the results of what was put at the wall. Building teams according to the cluster and give them the possibility to discuss it, to add new methods, … Individual lunch Invitation: We all participate in  a guided tour through and around the  Römer (the Cityhall since the 15th century) with the Kaisersaal. Here is a lot of interesting things to discover. At its  opposite there is the root which all German emperors had to take for their crowning (in this area, they are building up the old houses again). Farewell drink somewhere around the Römer
27/2/2013 Wednesday 9.00’ – 11.00’	Coordinators’ meeting For the other participants, we could organize a walk (about 2 hours) at the steps of Goethe , or give them the option to discover Frankfurt by themselves.

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1st Meeting - Poland

From 30th September till 03rd October we took part in the first international meeting in our project. We met in Krakow in Poland to plan our work in the project.

 

We start the meeting with short presentations of the partner organizations.

Then we had a presentation about memory made by Basia and then discussed about memory models and theories, our knowledge, opinions and stereotypes concerning memory in later life. In the discussion support us prof. Vetulani – well know polish neuroscientist.

During next days we plan in details our activities in the project and decide how to share tasks and responsibilities  We discussed about local activities and the way in which we would like to work with our students and teachers. We decide what will be the next step in the project – we will be working on private methods and hidden knowledge about memory.

During meeting we had also chance to take part in some outdoor memory activities - in Kazimierz – Jewish District:

Partners

The partners of the project are:

1. The Fullness-of-Life Academy Association from Poland, Krakow: www.apz.org.pl

2. The Frankfurter Verband für Alten- und Behindertenhilfe e.V. from Germany, Frankfurt am Main:  www.frankfurter-verband.de

3. The Hellenic Adult Education Association from Greece, Athens: www.adulteduc.gr

4. The Courses Educational and Cultural Association from Hungary, Szeged: www.tan-folyam.eu

5. The Unione Italiana di Educazione degli Adulti UNIEDA from Italy, Rome: www.unieda.it

6. The Association for Education and Ageing from United Kingdom, Emsworth: www.associationforeducationandageing.org

Aims and objectives

The Memory in Later Life project explored many aspects of memory including personal strategies, mnemonic techniques, and exercises involving autobiographical memories and aesthetic experiences. It also looked at the importance of attitudes and beliefs, and lifestyle factors such as exercise, diet, leisure activities, enjoyment and a good social life. The latest findings from neuroscience reinforce the notion that a range of activities are vital for older adults to maintain memory skills and promote a healthy brain.

Many ideas from the project can be incorporated into learning in later life programmes to increase knowledge about memory changes over time and help older adults use their memories well. The outcome of the project is a handbook of the most useful activities and ideas chosen by the older adults participating in the project. This handbook will be available on this site shortly.

The materials archived here are a selection of documents from partner meetings - presentations, worksheets and papers that have been produced as the project progressed. These may be useful to teachers and trainers to supplement the handbook.