Classroom Activities
Educators can incorporate these activities into their curricula to help students at varying levels of knowledge, skill, and development gain an understanding of and have tools to pursue careers in aging.
Activities for High School and Early Undergraduate Students
- Activity 1.1: Informational Interview with an Expert in Aging (PDF, 46KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to engage high school and undergraduate students in the early processes of exploring careers in aging.
Activities for Advanced Undergraduate Students
- Activity 2.1: Research and Teaching, Direct Service, or Both? (PDF, 45KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to help advanced undergraduate students learn about the wide variety of options of careers in aging, and what experiences professionals who have chosen these career paths have had.
Activities for Early Graduate Students
- Activity 3.1: Exploring Interdisciplinary Careers in Aging (PDF, 45KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to improve students’ awareness of the breadth of careers that have the opportunity to specialize in aging and to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of many of these careers.
- Activity 3.2: Psychosocial Theories and Perspectives in Aging (PDF, 51KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to provide students with a foundation in aging theory, and to apply theory to actionable pursuits.
- Activity 3.3: Intersectionality in Aging (PDF, 47KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to provide students with the opportunity to be thoughtful about the intersectionality of aging with other facets of diversity. In addition, the goal of this activity is to teach students how to be good consumers of how aging (e.g., positive or negative stereotypes) is represented in culture and in society.
Activities for Advanced Graduate Students
- Activity 4.1: Want to be a Clinician? Understanding Medicare and Mental Health Coverage (PDF, 48KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to improve students’ knowledge of Medicare coverage of psychological services in the setting in which they hope to practice.
- Activity 4.2: Preparing to Teach on Aging (PDF, 44KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to provide students with the opportunity to prepare teaching materials and receive feedback on these materials.
- Activity 4.3: Grant Writing: Start with the Specific Aims (PDF, 46KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to expose students to information on grant writing. In addition, students will practice grant writing by preparing a specific aims page for a research project of interest.
Activities for Research Labs
- Activity 5.1: Developing Research Career Goals (PDF, 42KB)opens in new window
This activity is designed to encourage research lab members, at undergraduate through graduate levels, to be proactive in setting concrete and attainable training goals based on their chosen career path.