This book sheds light on the question: Under what conditions do
democratic attitudes and values take root in youth? Using a
comparative perspective, Becoming Political describes alternative
forms of education for democracy and points to consequences of
various alternatives in diverse settings. This study of civic
education and adolescent political attitudes contains rich
descriptive information from interviews with students and teachers
and classroom observations in England, Denmark, Germany, the
Netherlands, and the United States. Such qualitative information
gathered over the past decade complements findings from surveys
administered to students ages fifteen through nineteen in fifty
schools in the five countries.
Chapters focus on civic education in the five countries,
adolescent political attitudes and behaviors, gender and political
attitudes, support for free expression for diverse views, and
classroom climate and the investigation of controversial public
policy issues. An appendix describes the varied political contexts
in which youth in the five democracies are being politically
socialized. The book will be of use to readers interested in social
studies education, comparative education, and youth political
socialization, as well as education for democracy.
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