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Creating Equitable Education on Social Equity: Educating Taiwanese Older Adults' Attitudes toward Same-Sex Relationships through Contact Theory
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Te-Sheng Chang; Alexander MacDonald Haynes – Educational Gerontology, 2025
Curricula have historically overlooked non-heteronormative education for elderly populations. The purpose of this study was to assess attitude changes toward same-sex relationships among Taiwanese older adults before and after taking a curriculum focused on the lived experiences of same-sex partners. Seventy-six older adults from Hualien County,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Older Adults, Attitude Change
Technology: Education and Training Needs of Older Adults
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Huber, Lesa; Watson, Carol – Educational Gerontology, 2014
The impact of the global aging of the population on social, economic, political, and health care institutions is unequaled. Parallel to this, evolving developments in technology promise opportunities for sales and product development to support positive aging. Older adults are excited to utilize technologies that they perceive as practical.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Technological Advancement, Older Adults, Technological Literacy
Women Are More Likely than Men to Use Tentative Language, Aren't They? A Meta-Analysis Testing for Gender Differences and Moderators
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Leaper, Campbell; Robnett, Rachael D. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
Robin Lakoff proposed that women are more likely than men to use tentative speech forms (e.g., hedges, qualifiers/disclaimers, tag questions, intensifiers). Based on conflicting results from research testing Lakoff's claims, a meta-analysis of studies testing gender differences in tentative language was conducted. The sample included 29 studies…
Descriptors: Females, Familiarity, Testing, Assertiveness
Emotional Maturity of Adolescents and Adults in GED Programs
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Riffle, Billy Joe – ProQuest LLC, 2010
When discussing issues relating to students in General Educational Development (GED) Option and pre-GED programs with educators, the contention exists that it is possible to make reasonably accurate predictions on the success or failure of a student by observing a number of items. Looking at their cumulative records shows their academic and…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Maturity (Individuals), Observation, Familiarity
Adult Second Language Reading in the USA: The Effects of Readers' Gender and Test Method
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Brantmeier, Cindy – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2006
Bernhardt (2003) claims that half of the variance in second language (L2) reading is accounted for by first language literacy (20%) and second language knowledge (30%), and that one of the central goals of current L2 reading research should be to investigate the 50% of variance that remains unexplained. Part of this variance takes consists of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Research, Gender Differences, Test Format
Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
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OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
The Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) is a large-scale co-operative effort undertaken by governments, national statistics agencies, research institutions and multi-lateral agencies. The development and management of the study were co-ordinated by Statistics Canada and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in collaboration with the…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Familiarity, Numeracy, Demography