This article examines leadership from the perspective of administrators of homes for the aging. The article points out that most educational institutions have become enamored of linear thinking, quantification, and scientism. On the other hand, intuition, feelings and sesitivity -- the essence of human relations training -- have tended to become…

A program of peer counselor training was conducted to evaluate the acquisition of counseling skills by older volunteers. Results indicate that the trained groups changed significantly compared to controls on two of the three core dimensions (empathy and warmth) and had scores on all three scales above the minimum necessary for effective…

Younger (N=31) and older (N=21) men participated in a bogus convergent-thinking task in which they rated their effort expenditure after experiencing varying degrees of success. As predicted, results indicated younger, but not older men perceived they tried harder when they succeeded relative to when they failed. (Author)

The Consortium for Gerontology Education in Long-Term Care was designed to share resources among care providers and educational institutions, collaborate on research, and provide training in field methods. Integrating the work of students, faculty, and health-care providers posed challenges requiring trust, communication, and cooperation. (SK)

The AAAT was utilized to assess potential validity with respect to the original study by Kastenbaum and Durkee (1964). Support was found for the original conclusion that a majority of the subjects were unfavorably disposed to pastboundness of "Ted" by having perceived him as the eldest character. (Author)

The present study was undertaken to describe the demographic characteristics and attitudes toward lifelong learning of a sample of elderly people enrolled in the University of Wisconsin guest student program, and to contrast these respondents with those in an earlier study. (Author)

Fiction in nine women's periodicals was surveyed. The authors concluded that stories in these magazines should attempt a more realistic picture of old age, to help the readers learn the actualities of coping with problems specific to old age. (Author)

Results of this national survey of tuition waiver plans for senior citizens in postsecondary institutions reveal that 43 states have some tuition provision although details vary among the several states. Most states have a reduced or waived tuition option on a space-available basis. (Author/BEF)

A questionnaire concerning graduate offerings in psychology of aging was mailed to 238 departments of psychology throughout the United States. Of the 191 responses, 16 departments were found to offer a formal program of graduate study in gerontological psychology. Presented at the American Psychological Association meeting, Washington, September,…

The effectiveness of social work education can be improved by including applied research in field work experiences. The systematic approach to problem study developed through research training can be applied to real-world practice problems encountered in field settings. (Contains 35 references.) (SK)

A research questionnaire was distributed to assess how extensively aging is taught within the schools. It was more common in secondary schools. Respondents felt that it was a nontraditional topic, and that previous attempts to teach it were unsuccessful. The same percentage of respondents felt that the interest existed as did not. (LPG)

A 17-item semantic differential attitudinal measure was completed by 30 students and 22 older consultants enrolled in a Psychology of Aging course during the first and last class meetings. Positive changes in attitudes about old people were found for almost all pairs of items. (Author)

An exhaustive survey of children's first literature (juvenile picture books and easy readers) determined the extent of age stereotyping--ageism--in roles, behaviors, and descriptions of older characters. Some 656 children's books in active circulation were subjected to content analysis. The findings are placed in etiological perspective. (Author)

The 37 Caldecott Medal award-winning children's books and 129 runnerup books were subjected to a content analysis to evalute the portrayal of adults in children's literature, both fictional and nonfictional. Results were interpreted as demonstrating that children's literature portrays neither adult figures nor adult life in a realistic manner.…

The CATE (Children's Attitudes Toward the Elderly) was administered to 180 children, 20 at each level from age three to age 11. Results suggest that children at all age levels have limited knowledge of and contact with older people. Children's concepts of age increase in accuracy with increases in age. (Author)