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Peer reviewedSchepp, Heinz-Hermann – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1988
States that political education must represent the relationship between three entities: human being (liberty), citizenship (equality), and membership (unity). Analyzes Erich Weniger's theory of political education with respect to its peculiarities and its significance for a general theory of democracy. Relates Weniger's concept to fundamental…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Democratic Values, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedMerelman, Richard M.; Foster, Charles R. – International Review of Education, 1978
The theoretical framework proposed here treats political alienation as a normal outcome of the incompatability between egalitarian goals and social inequalities in democratic systems. The framework is applied to the role of education in the United States, a stable democracy, and in West Germany, an emergent democracy. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Democratic Values, Developed Nations, Equal Education
Download full textForsback, Marlene – Bildung und Wissenchaft (Education and Science in the Federal Republic of Germany), 1974
In recent years, political and social studies have been under revision in the individual states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Many states have issued framework guidelines for the various school branches and levels to provide teachers with orientation aids. Progressive educators see the goal of political and social studies as being more than…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
Hepburn, Mary A. – 1986
A broad survey of democratic political attitudes of United States and West German students was developed jointly by the Governmental Education Division of the Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia and the Bundeszentrale fur politische Bildung in Bonn. This survey sought to probe twelfth-year students' attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Citizenship, Communism, Cross Cultural Studies
Recent Experiences in Continuing Education for Social Studies Teachers in the New States of Germany.
Peer reviewedGeorge, Uta – Social Science Record, 1994
Reports on a staff development project for in-service teachers from former East German states. Describes the project's background, previous in-service teacher education, and the project's organization. Concludes that economic difficulties and the rise of neo-Nazism makes it imperative for German teachers to develop democratic values. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Communism, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHastings, William L.; Payne, Kenneth A. – Social Education, 1990
Investigates strength of national identity and degrees of democratic orientation among honors high school seniors taking advanced political science courses in 1986 in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany. Finds West German students less tolerant of minority free speech, more fearful of consequences of dissent, and less politically…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, Cross Cultural Studies
