Pre-Service Teachers’ Perception of Age Through a Developmental Lens

J-F, K. Swabey and D. Pullen

SAGE Open, 2014, vol. 4, issue 3, 2158244014545457

Abstract: The present study examined the perception of aging among a cohort of pre-service teachers undertaking an undergraduate degree in primary school education. Using a self-reported questionnaire adapted from the work of Rubin and Berntsen, 331 undergraduate students were asked a series of questions relating to their perceptions of aging. It was concluded that younger pre-service teachers held a more positive perception of aging than older pre-service teachers. Younger pre-service teachers seemed to display a greater level of optimism toward future life experiences, eager to explore their world and make new relationships, than were older aged students.

Keywords: pre-service teachers; aging; self-perception of aging; subjective age (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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