Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: An Experimental Investigation on Primary and Secondary School Pupils' Social Attitudes

Autor/inn/en	Nepi, Lucia Donata; Ciappelli, Marta; Rossi, Carlotta; Viliani, Francesco; Peru, Andrea
Titel	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: An Experimental Investigation on Primary and Secondary School Pupils' Social Attitudes
Quelle	In: International Journal of Inclusive Education, 25 (2021) 3, S.362-376 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Peru, Andrea)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3116
DOI	10.1080/13603116.2018.1552329
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Empathy; Friendship; Racial Attitudes; Sex; Preferences; Inclusion; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Empathie; Freundschaft; Rassenfrage; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Inklusion; Italien
Abstract	This paper describes the attitudes of pupils ranging from late childhood to adolescence towards diversity expressed as disability, other gender and race in a context of full inclusion. For the study, two experiments were carried out asking a large sample (i.e. 764 + 160) of participants to choose a hypothetical classmate to share a series of different activities with. The hypothetical classmate could be chosen between: same gender pupil; other gender pupil; same gender pupil of the prototypical racial minority; same gender pupil using a wheelchair. In turn, activities included: an outdoor, highly motor demanding, game; an indoor board game; a purely social activity; a scholastic activity; and a gesture of solidarity and good-will. Results clearly demonstrate that pupils' decisions are strongly modulated by the activity itself rather than by ethnic factors. Pupils aged 9-14 appear to have developed a finely tuned sense of 'what works in which situations'. Accordingly, while a visible disability turns out to be very effective in gaining sympathy and eliciting pity, it results in a serious obstacle for the development of a close friendship between peers. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01