Instructional Materials: Overview

Instructional Materials

Overview

SWARC offers access to a variety of resources to help students, staff and faculty to learn and teach about aging.
This page lists educational resources available in SWARC, at San José State University, and on-line.

To access these resources for educational purposes, please contact SWARC by telephone at 408.924.5842 or via email at swarc@email.sjsu.edu. Instructional Materials have been divided into these sections:

To see the Center for Policy Research's list of Internet Resources for Teaching about Aging, click here.

For a general list of educational web sites, click here.

Downloadable PDF Files for Instructors
These files in PDF format contain useful information and references for teachers. Click on the title to download the document:

Designing Discussion Questions using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Problem-Based Learning Approaches to Teach Aging Policy

Critical Thinking and the Internet

Free Newsletter: Teaching Gerontology
This monthly newsletter, edited by Harry R. Moody, covers pedagogy and instructional resources for those who teach courses in aging. To sign up for a free subscription, click here.