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This research aims to assessthe attitudes of social work students toward ageism in terms of some variables suchas gender, grade, will to work with elders in the future and having fun tospend time with old people. The research was conducted on Ankara Universitysocial work students in the spring term of 2017. One hundred and fifty-three studentsparticipated in this research. The Ageism Attitude Scale (AAS), was used inthis research. The research is designed as a descriptive study. The averagescore of the participants was 91.32 (± 10.60; min: 46, max: 115). It was foundthat the attitude of female students toward older people was more positive andless discriminatory/ageist than of males. Similarly, the attitude of studentswilling to work with older people in the future was found to be better comparedto other groups. Moreover, the percentage of students who stated a desire towork with older people in the first rank (with a higher priority) was only 14.4%.
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