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| The effects of curriculum on preschool children's perceptions of the elderly | | Author(s) | Elizabeth M Blunk, Sue W Williams |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 23, no 3, April-May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 233-241 |
| Keywords | Children ; Ageism ; Curricula ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Perceptions of elderly people were determined for 42 4- and 5-year-old children. The Social Attitude Scale of Ageist Prejudice (SASAP) was used to examine how these young children perceived older people after being exposed to a developmentally appropriate classroom curriculum that focused on the characteristics and positive aspects of elderly people. In a pre-test post-test design, a decrease in prejudice score was found for children in the experimental group from pre- to post-test. An increase in prejudice score was determined for the control group. Results of this study also indicate that young children are more negative toward elderly persons' abilities than toward their social characteristics, and that level of grandparent visitation is unrelated to SASAP score. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971030227 A |
| Classmark | SBC: B:TOB: V9C: 3F: 7T |
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