Together Old and Young is an international intergenerational programme and community of practice, initiated and coordinated by International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI), which involves partners and practitioners from over 15 countries: www.toyproject.net. The purpose of the TOY Programme is to promote intergenerational learning (IGL) and create newpossibilities for older adults (65 years old or older) and young children (0 to 10 years old) to learn together and benefit from each other’s company. In the framework of TOY, IGL is also intended as a way to facilitate social interaction and inclusion of all generations and to overcome segregated communities. In 2016, and as part of its overall mission TOY launched a two-year project with the specific aim to support the professional development of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) practitioners, social care practitioners, and community development workers who want to promote and organize IGL initiatives for andwith young children andolder adults. Theproject titled, TOY-PLUS (Together Old and Young: Practitioners Learning and Upscaling Skills) was funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme – Adult Education (KA2) and coordinated by ICDI (the Netherlands) in partnership with seven European organizations: The Beth Johnson Foundation (UK) and Linking Generations Northern Ireland, Technical University of Dublin (formally, Dublin Institute of Technology) (Ireland), Educational Research Institute (Slovenia), Azienda Speciale ReteSalute (Italy), Hellenic Open University (Greece), and Municipality of Lleida (Spain). All partners had previous experience in developing, carrying out, monitoring, and evaluating IGL practices. Previous research and the experience of these partners demonstrated that this approach has numerous benefits for all age groups at different levels (Knapp & Stubblefield, 2000), it increases the general well-being

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玩具的力量：从业者关于 IGL 涉及幼儿和老年人的技能

Together Old and Young 是一个国际代际项目和实践社区，由国际儿童发展倡议 (ICDI) 发起和协调，涉及来自 15 个以上国家的合作伙伴和从业者：www.toyproject.net。TOY计划的目的是促进代际学习（IGL），并为老年人（65岁或以上）和幼儿（0至10岁）创造新的机会，共同学习并从彼此的陪伴中受益。在 TOY 的框架内，IGL 还旨在促进所有世代的社会互动和包容，并克服隔离社区。2016 年，作为其总体使命的一部分，TOY 启动了一个为期两年的项目，其具体目标是支持希望促进和组织 IGL 计划的幼儿教育和护理 (ECEC) 从业者、社会护理从业者和社区发展工作者的专业发展为和与幼儿和老年人。名为 TOY-PLUS（老少皆宜：从业者学习和提升技能）的项目由欧盟委员会的 Erasmus+ 计划 – 成人教育 (KA2) 资助，并由 ICDI（荷兰）与七个欧洲组织合作协调：贝丝约翰逊Foundation（英国）和 Linking Generations Northern Ireland、都柏林技术大学（前身为都柏林理工学院）（爱尔兰）、教育研究所（斯洛文尼亚）、Azienda Speciale ReteSalute（意大利）、希腊开放大学（希腊）和莱里达市（西班牙）。所有合作伙伴之前都有开发、实施、监控和评估 IGL 实践的经验。先前的研究和这些合作伙伴的经验表明，这种方法对不同层次的所有年龄组都有许多好处（Knapp & Stubblefield，2000），它增加了总体幸福感