Erlichman-Gross, Sylvia Rachel (2025) Where Geragogy Meets Dementia Care: Mapping Connections and Disconnections in Teaching Artmaking with Older Adults Living with Dementia. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate how practicing art educators facilitate artmaking in community programming for adults living with dementia. This project addresses intersections between the fields of gerontology, art education, arts-based pedagogies, geragogy, as well as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease research and care. Through interviews with art educators, I investigate experiences and approaches to adult art education for those living with memory loss using interdisciplinary perspectives. This study highlights various approaches to teaching and learning in recreation education programming within clinical and community settings. This study has two core objectives: 1) Examine the structures and approaches used in art education for individuals with memory loss through interviews with art educators; 2) Map connections and gaps between art educators’ experiences and existing literature on teaching, learning, and artmaking with individuals living with dementia.
Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Art Education |
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Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
Authors: | Erlichman-Gross, Sylvia Rachel |
Institution: | Concordia University |
Degree Name: | M.A. |
Program: | Art Education |
Date: | 4 March 2025 |
Thesis Supervisor(s): | Pariser, David |
Keywords: | educator experiences, community-based art education, dementia care, memory loss, educational gerontology, geragogy, hermeneutic phenomenology |
ID Code: | 995199 |
Deposited By: | Sylvia Rachel Erlichman-Gross |
Deposited On: | 17 Jun 2025 16:46 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2025 16:46 |
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