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Pelleboer-Gunnink, Hannah A.; van Oorsouw, Wietske M. W. J.; van Weeghel, Jaap; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Objectives: Care providers are key agents in the lives of individuals with an intellectual disability (ID). The quality of their support can be affected by manifestations of stigma. This scoping review was conducted to explore studies that provide indications of care providers' stigmatization of people with ID. Methods: A structured search was…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Social Bias, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregivers
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Chang-Kredl, Sandra – Child Care in Practice, 2015
This paper examines the popular representation of childcare in North America. The author argues that the influence of popular culture on society's beliefs about childcare is an unexamined area that should be addressed as part of the larger project to improve the status of childcare educators in North America and internationally. Through the…
Descriptors: Films, Comedy, Child Care, Foreign Countries
Crutchfield, John, Ed.; Schewe, Manfred, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2017
Over the last two decades drama pedagogy has helped to lay the foundations for a new teaching and learning culture, one that accentuates physicality and centres on performative experience. Signs of this 'performative turn' in education are especially strong in the field of foreign/second language teaching. This volume introduces scholars, language…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Drama, Performance, Second Language Instruction
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Horton, Sean; Baker, J.; Deakin, J. M. – Educational Gerontology, 2007
Seniors are routinely subjected to negative stereotypes regarding their physical and cognitive abilities. The power and prevalence of cultural stereotypes of aging essentially results in a "double-whammy" to seniors. First, they influence the way that seniors are treated by society. Second, cultural stereotypes affect how seniors see…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Stereotypes, Quality of Life