Promoting Positive Attitudes Through Aging Education:

Abstract

More Americans than ever before are living into old age, yet many are not educationally, socially, or emotionally prepared for these later years. Research has shown that children tend to mirror our society's ageist attitudes. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether instruction about age and aging would have a significantly positive impact on preschool children's attitudes toward the elderly. An aging education curriculum with the teaching units on aging was developed and implemented in three preschool classes while three other preschool classes served as a control. Results showed that preschoolers who participated in the teaching units had significantly more positive attitudes about older people than the preschoolers who did not.

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