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Direct linkErwin, Marla Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Adult students are generally classified as a single group for study, yet developmental psychologists recognize separate developmental periods during adulthood that suggest adult students at midlife may experience development within higher education differently that younger adult students, in part due to ageism expressed at individual,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Aging (Individuals), Age Discrimination, Social Bias
Peer reviewedBarnum, Phyllis Winet – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Reports on a study which analyzed 100 books for children (preschool through grade three) and judged them by three criteria: frequency of occurrence of old people (65 and older) in text and illustrations, nature of their social participation, and their behavioral traits. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Discrimination, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education
