This article examines the effects of a participatory education program in changing attitudes of high school students in six general areas related to political participation. The results were moderately successful, making gains in increasing student efficacy, decreasing cynicism, getting students involved, and generating positive feeling about the…

The data supports the hypothesis that the development of political orientation varies with sex, age, and socioeconomic background. (Author/DE)

Three hypotheses are tested in order to reveal racial differences in the reaction to Watergate in a sample of 944 high school seniors in Atlanta; the partisanship, social deprivation, and political reality hypotheses. (Author/AM)

Student attitudes and the educational consequences of the introduction of controversial course materials into the social studies curriculum are explored. (Author/DE)

This study is concerned with adolescents' response levels on seven measures of political alienation: powerlessness, discontentment, cynicism, detachment, hopelessness, elitism, and democratic deficiency. Using a random sample of 269 Hartford, Connecticut high school students surveyed in May 1976, political alienation levels are found to be…

Original survey data dealing with the attitudes about international relations of secondary students in the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, area are analyzed. Student opinions were measured in three areas: (1) international interest, knowledge, and information sources; (2) international conflict and the balance of power; and (3) international…

In a May 1976 study of 269 Hartford, Connecticut high school students, four fundamental questions were investigated. First, what is the source of responsibility for the present state of the political system? Second, using a four-dimensional attributional scheme to measure such responsibility, what is the underlying structure of such attributed…

Examines the attitudes of Irish secondary school students toward political parties and the influence of the parties on the students. Results showed high student awareness of party differences, parental disposition to be an important influence, and party attitude to be an important influence on certain issues. (Author/CK)

Political socialization and political ideology as sources of educational discontent are analyzed among a national sample of 1,811 academically successful, college-bound high school seniors. The findings indicate a substantial level of student dissatisfaction primarily caused by student alienation and formal curriculum. (Author/DE)

The impact and conditions under which student community involvement influences students' attitudes of political trust, political efficacy, and citizenship obligation are examined. (Author/DE)

A study assessed the impact of different kinds of school management techniques on the development of political attitudes among students. The hypothesis was that students in schools which encourage student participation in decision-making will reflect higher levels of political interest, trust, and confidence. It was confirmed. (Author/DB)

A study assessed the conditions under which secondary school curricula have an impact on students' political attitudes. Civil liberties issues were discussed in experimental groups. When teacher credibility was high, students' political attitudes were noticeably affected. (AV)

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…

Surveys of Polish teachers who volunteered to introduce civic education about democracy, along with parents, and students aged 13-14 examined individual-level support for democracy and a market economy in relation to three psychological dimensions widely thought to affect political and economic attitudes: valuing of self-direction, authoritarian…