A Field Study on Political Socialization of Political Science Students (original) (raw)

Development of political culture of Kazakhstani students: Political and cultural determinants

Nowadays the problem of political activity and political culture of students has assumed some current character. The following article considers the degree of interest and participation of Kazakhstani youth in the politics and their political orientation in accordance with the results of content- analysis. The content-analysis was held within the framework of scientific project "The development of political culture in students of Kazakhstan as a strategic resource of the country ". The research and the analysis were fulfilled on the base of materials and publications in 15 associations with social-political direction registered in social network. The research period is March - May 2015, in the period of preparations and conducting the extraordinary president elections in the RK. According to the results of the research it was revealed that most Kazakhstani students are equally interested in political processes and show interest in social-political life of the country. Also the results let us reveal the level of social state and students' attitude towards different directions of the government policy, the level of possibility of students' protesting mood. In conclusion the author gives recommendations for organs of government authority to think of the system of organisation of social monitoring of Kazakhstani youth's election mood. By organisation it could be realised on the level of helding social interviewing, focus-teaming and expert interviewing, also by content-analysis of communities registered in social network. Keywords: Kazakhstan student youth, political culture, political activity, determinants of youth political culture, elections, modernization

POLITICAL EDUCATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOMS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM TURKEY 1 (SOSYAL BİLGİLER SINIFLARINDA POLİTİK KONULARIN ÖĞRETİMİ

Today, the citizenship education has become a very important study field in the entire world. Political education, on the other hand, has another important dimension in the citizenship education. Thus, there is a rapid increase in the number of studies concerning the citizenship education and the political education. Educational system in different countries involves lesson or lessons aimed at bringing political knowledge in students. In Turkey, on the other hand, an important part of knowledge and skills that are required for students to become good citizens is brought via the Social Studies lesson. This study aims to determine the applications in social studies classes where citizenship and political education is basically taught via observations and to determine the views of social studies teachers on this subject. In this study using the mixed method, we received the opinions of 75 social studies teachers regarding the education of political subjects and observed the intraclass applications of 12 social studies teachers for 10 weeks. According to the results of the study, there are differences between the views of students and intraclass applications. While teachers emphasize the necessity of teaching political subjects in social studies classes and giving information about the political process, the observation results show that a number of social studies teachers do not involve political subjects and information about the political process. ÖZET Vatandaşlık eğitimi, artık bütün dünyada çok önemli bir çalışma alanı haline gelmiştir. Vatandaşlık eğitimi içerisinde ise politik eğitim önemli bir boyut oluşturmaktadır. Bu nedenle, vatandaşlık eğitimi ve politik eğitim ile ilgili yapılan çalışmaların sayısı hızla artmaktadır. Farklı ülkelerde, politik bilginin öğrencilere kazandırılması için eğitim sistemi içerisinde ders veya dersler yer almaktadır. Türkiye'de öğrencilere iyi bir vatandaş olmak için gerekli bilgi ve becerilerin önemli kısmı Sosyal Bilgiler dersi aracılığıyla kazandırılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, vatandaşlık ve politik eğitimin öğretildiği temel ders olan sosyal bilgiler sınıflarında uygulamaların gözlem yolu ile tespit edilmesi ve bu konu ile ilgili sosyal bilgiler öğretmenlerinin görüşlerinin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Karma yöntemin kullanıldığı bu çalışmada 75 sosyal bilgiler öğretmeninin, politik konuların öğretimi ile ilgili görüşleri alınmış ayrıca 12 sosyal bilgiler öğretmenin ise sınıf içi uygulamaları 10 hafta boyunca gözlemlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre öğretmenlerin görüşleri ile sınıf içi uygulamalar arasında farklılıklar bulunmaktadır. Öğretmenler, sosyal bilgiler sınıflarında politik konuların öğretilmesi gerektiğini, politik süreç hakkında bilgiler verilmesi gerektiğini ifade ederken gözlem sonuçları ise birçok sosyal bilgiler öğretmeninin, politik konulara ve politik süreç hakkında bilgilere, uygulama sırasında yer vermediğini göstermektedir..

The impact of political socialization on students' behavior: Empirical research in schools of Central Macedonia in Greece

International Journal of Educational Research Review, 2017

The main purpose of this article is to present the secondary education students' points of view regarding issues that are related to their everyday reality. A link to their political socialization is attempted. At the same time, the influence of independent variables is examined, like "sex", "urbanity", "performance" and "parents' occupation". The final conclusion shows that even though the majority of students do not express intense negative feelings about different origin, sex and religion, a tendency is at sight, mainly by male students. This conclusion is also compared with the findings of the survey "EUROPE ON THE EDGE", regarding issues of difference and democratic values.

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CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research - Zenodo, 2014

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Journal of Social Sciences Research & Policy (JSSRP), 2024

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