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Learning about Health through 'Intergenerational Arts-Led Pedagogies' in Health and Physical Education: Exploring Pedagogical Possibilities
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Alfrey, Laura; Burke, Geraldine; O'Connor, Justen; Hall, Clare – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
This paper shares a unique approach to primary Health and Physical Education (HPE) whereby students learn about personal, social and community health through intergenerational arts-led pedagogies. Drawing on socio-critical, socio-cultural and salutongenic perspectives, the unit of work that the students engaged with was underpinned by an…
Descriptors: Health Education, Physical Education, Grade 5, Grade 6
Children's Stereotypes of Older Adults: Evaluating Contributions of Cognitive Development and Social Learning
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Lineweaver, Tara T.; Roy, Ashley; Horth, Madison – Educational Gerontology, 2017
Past research has investigated the development of stereotypes surrounding race and gender in children; however, there is a lack of literature examining the development of children's stereotypes of older adults. In this study, 163 children from four grades: first (n = 44), fourth (n = 49), fifth (n = 35), and eighth (n = 35) completed a new…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Older Adults, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students
Attitudes towards the Elderly among German Adolescents
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Randler, Christoph; Vollmer, Christian; Wilhelm, David; Flessner, Melanie; Hummel, Eberhard – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Many societies are encountering significant changes in their population structure as the number of older people is increasing while children and adolescents become fewer. This study examines pupils' attitudes towards elderly people in Germany. A total of 935 pupils (458 boys, 477 girls) participated in this study. Grade distribution was as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Adolescent Attitudes, Positive Attitudes
Draw a Young and an Older Person: Schoolchildren's Images of Older People
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Villar, Feliciano; Faba, Josep – Educational Gerontology, 2012
The goal of this study was to explore stereotypes of older people as expressed in drawings by a sample of primary school children. Sixty children from fourth to sixth grades (30 boys and 30 girls aged 9 to 12 years) were asked to draw a young man, a young woman, an old man, and an old woman. The drawings were content analyzed. Children in our…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Stereotypes, Older Adults, Grade 4
Turkish Primary Students' Perceptions about Scientist and What Factors Affecting the Image of the Scientists
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Turkmen, Hakan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2008
Students' views of science and scientists have been widely studied. The purpose of this study is to analyze image of scientist from drawn picture of scientists using The Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) by 5th grade students and to analyze where this image comes from students minds in changing Turkish educational perspective. Two hundred eighty seven…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Science Teachers, Grade 5
A Case Study of Technology-Enhanced Historical Inquiry
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Yang, Shu Ching – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2009
The paper describes the integration of web resources and technology as instructional and learning tools in oral history projects. The computer-mediated oral history project centred around interviews with community elders combined with new technologies to engage students in authentic historical inquiry. The study examined learners' affective…
Descriptors: Oral History, Computer Literacy, Internet, History Instruction