Psychology and Aging Studies

Curriculum Kits:

Cover Description
Creativity and Aging Through the Lens of Film. College Level
Includes a 120-page kit with short video clips from popular and documentary films that portray older adults engaged in creative pursuits. The objectives are to improve student perceptions of older adults in terms of creativity, flexibility and competence, and to broaden their understanding of what constitutes "creative" expression. Both documentary and feature films were used in order to explore the differences in intent between these different media, as well as the issues of time period, race, gender, culture and nationality.

VOCABULARY:
Unit 1 – Creativity in Mentoring -- mentor, mentee, Pablo Neruda, metaphor,
Unit 2 – Creativity in Music -- Duke Ellington, Ry Cooder, Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Nicolas Slonimsk
Unit 3 – Creativity in Preserving Cultural Traditions -- Otha Turner, cane flute, fife and drum, Okinawa, bonsai, Santa Clara pueblo, Tafoya family, kiva, Maori, Paikea
Unit 4 – Creativity in Relationship – Oz, Tasha Tudor
Unit 5 – Creativity in Service -- Pete Seeger, School of the Americas (SOA), Ruth Ellis, Woody Brown, Hale Makua Health Center, Mohandas Gandhi