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Educating about disabilities : an evaluation of a teaching package on epilepsy for primary school students
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Abstract
This dissertation addressed the problem of changing attitudes towards those people with disabilities, specifically changing the attitudes of primary school children towards people with epilepsy. A literature search was undertaken to assess the current views on the nature of attitudes and attitude change, and to examine the sources of attitudes toward the disabled.
A lack of knowledge about disabilities was seen as one determining factor influencing attitudes. As a result, a research study was undertaken which established the level of children's general knowledge of epilepsy using a knowledge-based questionnaire as the measuring
instrument. After the questionnaire, the children were either (a) presented with a lesson about people with epilepsy (b) exposed to no
further information about epilepsy. After six months, the scores of the different groups were compared, together with scores from a group of children who had not been exposed to the questionnaire nor been
presented with any information. All children were given an attitude
questionnaire following the final knowledge-based questionnaire. The children who had been presented with the lesson about people with epilepsy had significantly higher scores both on the knowledge-based and attitudinal questionnaires.
The dissertation presents an account of the above research, together with an evaluation of the teaching materials used.
| Item Type: | Thesis - Unspecified |
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| Authors/Creators: | Lee, NA |
| Keywords: | Epilepsy, School children, Educational sociology |
| Copyright Holders: | The Author |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright 1986 the Author - The University is continuing to endeavour to trace the copyright |
| Additional Information: | Thesis (M.Ed.Stud.)-University of Tasmania, 1987. Bibliography: leaves 76-81 |
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