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| Secondary school students' knowledge of and attitudes towards older people: does an education intervention programme make a difference? | | Author(s) | Thea Scott, Victor Minichiello, Colette Browning |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 18, part 2, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 167-183 |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Schools ; Courses ; Australia. |
| Annotation | It is now increasingly recognised that if ageism is to be combatted the attitudes and knowledge of young people need to be more positively constructed so that they do not hold stereotypic views of ageing. This study evaluated the impact of an educational intervention programme on the attitudes and knowledge of students aged 17-18 years from six secondary schools in Melbourne, Australia. Using Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz to assess knowledge about and attitudes towards ageing in a quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design, the results revealed that, in general, students held a low knowledge about older people and negative attitudes about ageing. However, the pre-test mean knowledge scores differed significantly between male and female students and across the various schools, and students who had greater contact with grandparents possessed slightly more knowledge. The post-test results showed that the intervention programme was not successful in raising the students' level of knowledge. In general, students were found to hold negative attitudes towards older people, and there was little change following the intervention programme. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980814407 A |
| Classmark | B:TOB: V3: VE: 7YA |
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