Effects of Group Discussion on Children’s Attitudes Toward Handicapped Peers
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Educational Research
- Vol. 70 (3), 131-134
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.1977.10884969
Abstract
Sixtli graders' attitudes toward normal and handicapped peers presented in photographs and on videotape were measured three times: prior to, during, and after discussion in small groups, without an adult present. These groups were composed according to friendship pattern-friends and non-friends. The results indicated that children's individual attitudes toward an academically incompetent, abnormal-appearing child became more negative after group discussion. Group discussion did not affect children's attitudes toward the academically competent, normal-appearing child. The negative shift in attitudes toward the handicapped child occurred for both groups of friends and not-friends. The findings indicated that children's interactions in groups may be an important factor in determining to what extent handicapped children will be accepted or rejected.Keywords
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