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| The influence of instruction on college students' attitudes toward older adults | | Author(s) | Jeanne R Snyder |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 26, no 2, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 69-79 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Students ; Technical colleges ; Courses ; Ageing process ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Attitude change was measured using the Kogan Attitudes Toward Older People Scale (1961), which was administered to 221 college students at the beginning and end of the semester. Participants were enrolled in one of three college courses: Child Development, Human Development, and Aging and the Family. The three courses varied in content regarding older people and the ageing process. Findings revealed that students' negative attitudes toward older people significantly decreased and positive attitudes increased after taking the Aging and the Family class. It appeared that a combination of factors and teaching techniques lessened students' negative attitudes. The lecture-based course included small group discussion, problem solving activities, participation in an ageing awareness simulation activity, an interview with an older person, and coverage of a wide variety of topics relating to ageing. The Human Development class, which included a 2-week segment on ageing issues, did lessen students' negative attitudes towards older people; however, their attitudes did not become more positive as a result of the course. There was no significant change in students' attitudes in the Child Development class. However, there was no difference expected, given that this class acted as the control group and no class time was give to ageing issues. Further exploration into exactly what lessens negative attitudes as well as what increases positive attitudes is critical to assisting educators in planning and evaluating interventions that target improving attitudes toward older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061026007 A |
| Classmark | XN: V4: VE: BG: TOB: 3F: 7T |
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