BOOKS (Building Opportunities for Our Kids and Seniors) connects university students with underserved children and seniors to bridge generational gaps through community service, storytelling and bookmaking. It is structured as a semester-long course, combining high impact pedagogical approaches like service-learning, domestic study-away, and storytelling. The aim is to strengthen students’ understanding of issues pertaining to socioeconomic and educational justice impacting children and seniors in Germany, foster intergenerational encounters, and directly address community needs.
BOOKS is structured as an interdisciplinary Service-Learning course in which students explore issues pertaining to social and educational justice impacting underserved children and seniors in Germany. In collaboration with community partners, students will have a chance to connect their knowledge with practice through meaningful community service.
