Old age and digital textbooksthe image of aging in digital curricular materials

Abstract

This chapter will present some of the findings of a study done in the context of our dissertation. The main aim was to determine the conceptualization, treatment and presence of old age in the school curriculum of Galicia (Autonomous Community in Northwest Spain). Specifically, we analyzed a sample of curricular materials published in digital format and used in the sixth grade of primary school. We will reflect on the empirical design of the study and findings regarding the image and role of old age presented by a set of digital class programs for teachers. We will also discuss a digital tool designed along open software lines and used to analyze the selected sample of didactic materials consisting of both publisher class programs and textbooks. This tool was designed for use by teachers to independently assess commonly used classroom resources. Overall, the study falls within the parameters of intergenerational pedagogy, in defense of solidarity between generations which begins to be formed in earliest childhood