Effects of Puppetry on Elementary  Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes  Toward Individuals with Disabilities

dc.creator	Carl J. DUNST
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:14:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:14:01Z
dc.identifier	1307-9298
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d31b8caae0034e3cade7c837a141e662
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16505
dc.description	Findings from two studies investigating the effects of Kids on the Block (KOB) puppet shows onelementary school students’ knowledge of and attitude toward individuals with disabilities aredescribed. KOB is a troupe of life-size hand-and-rod puppets used to improve knowledge and changeattitudes toward persons with disabilities. Results from both studies indicated that KOB performanceshad positive effects on both the knowledge and attitudes of second, third, and fourth grade students.Study 1 showed that the puppet show participants had more positive attitudes and more accuratefactual knowledge of individuals with disabilities compared to the control group participants who didnot experience the KOB puppets. Findings from Study 2 showed pretest-post test gain scores for theKOB group were larger than those for the control group. The results taken together provided evidencethat a rather simple intervention was effective in terms of changing the knowledge of and attitudestoward individuals with disabilities.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
dc.relation	http://www.iejee.com/4_3_2012/IEJEE_4_3_451_457.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-9298
dc.source	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 451-457 (2012)
dc.subject	Elementary Students
dc.subject	Puppetry
dc.subject	Knowledge
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.subject	Individuals with Disabilities
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Effects of Puppetry on Elementary Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Individuals with Disabilities
dc.type	article