This article is based on an analysis of the treatment of the European Union in a sample of textbooks from Germany and England. Following contextual remarks about civic education (politische Bildung) in Germany and citizenship education in England and a review of young people's views, we demonstrate that textbooks in Germany and in England largely…

This study uses a comparative case study design to examine youth (ages 13-20) opinions toward compulsory voting across five democratic countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. Youth responses toward compulsory voting demonstrate how youth come to learn about citizen rights and responsibilities with varied understandings…

History praxis can transform perceptions of the "other" by reshaping ideas about events transpiring between groups. Nevertheless, peace education research has rarely examined history teaching. This article addresses the potential for teaching peace through history teaching. After laying out a conceptual framework for understanding the…

The authors examined the confidence of teachers from Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, and the United States (N = 1,375) to address civic topics with their students. The authors also used differential item functioning models to examine responses to items from the Teacher Confidence Scale of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational…

The political socialization of Chinese youth is described. (DE)

The continued need for political socialization of Chinese youth is emphasized. (DE)

Draws certain comparisons between the organization, methods and objectives of two youth movements seldom viewed in respect of each other: the one serves a religious faith and is known as the pentecostal youth movement, the other serves a political ideology and is known as the Bulgarian komsomol. (Author/RK)

Hungarian research on political socialization is reviewed. The research is analyzed in terms of how the concept of political socialization is interpreted, the problems of interpreting political socialization, and the problems of judging the political socialization of youth. (AM)

This paper identifies some important propositions, which issue from fourteen studies of political socialization, points to research gaps, and draws implications for the planning of political education programs in schools. (Author/RK)

Educational reforms in higher education since the Cultural Revolution are described. (DE)

An understanding of the lawfulness of phenomena and of scientific method, integral parts of physics, are just two examples of intellectual concepts that will help equip students with a scientific-atheistic world view - one of the goals of communism. It is every teacher's duty to pursue this goal throughout the curriculum. (JH)

The Theses ("Toward the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir II'ich Lenin") demonstrate the greatness and force of Leninist teachings. They provide the educator with material in pedagogical and political work with students, and their study in other organizations will assist in raising the level of ideological life.…

Article attempted to summarize criticisms, supplemented them on the basis of empirical research, and lay the foundation for this general thesis: Formal education in Africa and Asia tends to impede economic growth and promote political instability. (Author/RK)

Author analyzed the flaw in the premise of political socialization and the accompanying interrelated difficulties in its research. (Author/RK)

Educational reforms in higher education since the Cultural Revolution are described. (DE)