Abstract
The authors outline an application of the video medium in helping social work students in aging see, hear, and feel a pertinent issue in social gerontology through the creative use of video technology. Through the process of involving small groups of students in a self‐directed experiential learning situation with an older person, and the videotaped documentation of those situations by the students, the learner and his or her aged subject together became teachers, communicating their understanding and perceptions of a gerontologically relevant issue to the viewing audience. The learner not only became totally engaged in the learning process, but, with the aid of the video medium, became creatively involved in an area of practice that unfortunately continues to conjure up images of stagnation and deterioration.
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