title: In their own words: using narratives to teach gerontology.
abstract: In narrative constructed in conversations, older adults often present "small stories". These narrative fragments provide extensive information about their experiences, values, and aspects of their lives that can be used to help learners understand key concepts about aging and the life course. The authors provide an overview of approaches including exercises and activities keyed to a corpus of oral narratives, targeting graduate and undergraduate students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, USA. dshenk@uncc.edu
authors.forename: Dena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shenk
authors.forename: Boyd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D003142:Communication; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008017:Life Expectancy; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*