Young Meets Old in Culinary Heritage

"<< Background >>Needs for this applicationBased on collected information from the potential partners and a first Desk Research, the consortium made a Need Analysis and used it in the proposal. These results were in line with European measures in the EC from 17-01-2018 and the EU-strategy. That made the focus from YMOCH on increasing these key (social and digital) competences. The consortium came to the conclusion that a development and advancement of social and digital skills have an significant and important influence on European society. To improve the inclusion of the elderly generation into this society and to develop intergenerational cooperation and understanding, was the immediate objective of the YMOCH project. This objective is realized through developed learning and teaching content for the target group: VET-students with their teachers and the older generation. The focus was on the theme Culinary Heritage (CH). Needed competences for all target groups (VET students, their teachers and the older generation) were developed by activities, like joint cooking events. In the CH Web-App, all learning and instruction materials for intergenerational activities can be used and downloaded. See www.culinairy-heritage.eu<< Objectives >>Objective 1Development and improvement of social and digital skills from VET-students with their teachers and older people is realized. In this project, pedagogically valuable methods and methodologies are developed that are well suited for teachers and learners to develop and improve social and digital skills, combined with Culinary Heritage. The learning and instruction materials that serve this goal can be viewed and downloaded in the Web App. The joint intergenerational activities contribute to develop a cooperation and better understanding between young and old.Objective 2Digital possibilities for intergenerational communication and the digital readiness of older people contribute to improve their skills. During the project VET-students and older people had interviews to collect CH recipes, to create regional online cookbooks and to use it for joint cooking events or comparable intergenerational activities. Objective 3Learning scenario ""Culinary Heritage"" contribute to make VET lessons more attractive and stimulate intergenerational contacts. CH has proven to be the best way to achieve the above-mentioned goal to develop and improve social and digital skills among VET students with their teachers and older people.<< Implementation >>WP 1 Project ManagementProject Management Handbook (annex 1). TPM 1 in NL and TPM 5 in DE.11 online meetings (annex 35 and 36)WP 2 Learning Scenario “Culinary Heritage” for educatorsAct. 1: Desk research CH in partner countries (annex 1c), Guide of CH issues (annex 1c) Manual How to use Feedback (annex 3).Act. 2: Pedagogical guide for educators (annex 4).Act. 3: Guide Making interviews (annex 5) Add.: Guide Online communication with elderlies (annex 5b)Act. 4: Manual for CH cookbook (annex 6)Act. 5: Guide for intergenerational cooking event (incl. Roadmap) (annex 7)Act. 6: TPM 2 in IRLWP 3Digital ToolboxAct. 1: Guide for Video editing and subtitling (annex 9) and Guide for making audio recording as podcast (annex 10)Act. 2: CH Goose game guide (annex 8). Add.: Template CH Goose game ENG (annex 11)Act. 3: Manual for a CH cookbook (annex 6) Add.: Template for CH recipes (annex 12)Act. 4: Web-App guide (annex 13)Act. 5: TPM 3 in NLWP 4Piloting and testing phaseAct. 1: Use the roadmap Act. 2: Make interviews and podcastsAct. 3: Collect old recipesAct. 4: Make the online cookbookAct. 5: Try out Goose gameAct. 6: Organize cooking eventSee annex 0 for overview all annexes<< Results >>Outputs:-Learning and instruction material-Intergenerational cooking events -Interviews to collect of CH recipes. Playing together the CH Goose Game, digitally or printed version-- WebApp for using the learning and instruction material (pedagogical guide and feedback, CH interviews, CH cookbook and CH cooking event)It was decided to change Activities 3-5 into 4 assignments- Assignment 1: CH Interview-Assignment 2: CH Cookbook-Assignment 3: CH Goose Game -Assignment 4: CH Cooking eventThis structure was a benefit for the usability of the YMOCH website. It is the central part of the CH Web-App and gives a clear structure for users.Further results- VET students and their teachers can use advanced social and digital tools to improve their contacts with the older generation, leading to a better mutual understanding and inclusion, and their own digital skills- The older generation feels more included and respected by the younger generation- Learning and instruction materials are disseminated and experiences have led to the improvement of inclusion of older people- Digital tools support the digital transformation from VET students and their teachers- Digital readiness and resilience from older people are improve"