Canadian Students and World Affairs.

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ERIC Number: EJ303302

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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Canadian Students and World Affairs.

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Canadian Journal of Education, v9 n3 p331-42 Sum 1984

Describes the results of survey of 1,100 grade 5, 8, and 11 students to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward world affairs. Notes that age, sex, and class were the most important correlates and that children were only marginally more knowledgeable about domestic politics than international affairs. (SB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 5, Grade 8, International Relations, Political Socialization, Politics, Rural Youth, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, World Affairs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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