Politisches Wissen bei Kindern — nicht einfach nur ja oder nein

Vollmar, Meike

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“…Children of some ethnic minorities are less politically informed than others. More recent studies show similar results for the Netherlands and Germany (Gemmeke, 1998; van Deth, 2007; van Deth et al, 2011; Vollmar, 2007, 2012) and find that a migration background exerts a negative effect on cognitive political orientations. These lower political knowledge levels of children with migration backgrounds can partially be attributed to their otherwise lower socioeconomic status; both factors reinforce each other (Moore et al, 1985).…”

Section: Sources Of Political Knowledge Gaps At a Young Agesupporting

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Political Knowledge of Children and the Role of Sociostructural Factors

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Tausendpfund

2017

American Behavioral Scientist

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This article investigates how and why political knowledge varies among young children. The data of the empirical analyses are adapted from the German study “Learning to Live Democracy” and consists of a three-wave panel of 431 young children who were interviewed at the beginning and at the end of their first school year, as well as at the end of their fourth school year. The empirical results show that political knowledge among young children is not equally distributed. Girls, children from Turkish families and/or those from areas with a low socioeconomic status show a tendency to be less politically knowledgeable than boys, children from native German families and/or those from areas with a higher socioeconomic status. These differences do not disappear during the first years in school.

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Section: Sources Of Political Knowledge Gaps At a Young Agesupporting

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Political Knowledge of Children and the Role of Sociostructural Factors

Abendschön

Tausendpfund

2017

American Behavioral Scientist

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“…Gemmeke, 1998;Hafner, 2006). A more comprehensive study of political knowledge among children (with 19 items) can be found in Vollmar (2007aVollmar ( , 2007b. 7 Mondak (1999) finds that "don't know" answers suggest a somewhat higher political knowledge than objectively wrong answers.…”

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“…Gemmeke, 1998; Hafner, 2006). A more comprehensive study of political knowledge among children (with 19 items) can be found in Vollmar (2007a, 2007b).…”

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Children and Politics: An Empirical Reassessment of Early Political Socialization

Deth

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Vollmar

2010

Political Psychology

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Demands for the inclusion of children, the youngest citizens, in democratic decision making are increasing. Although there is an abundance of empirical research on the political orientations of adolescents, there is a paucity of research on younger children's orientations. Our panel study of more than 700 children in their first year of primary school shows that these young children already exhibit consistent, structured political orientations. We examine the distribution and development of political knowledge, issue orientations, and notions of good citizenship. We find achievement differences between subgroups at the beginning of the school year, and these differences do not disappear. Children from ethnic minorities and lower socioeconomic residence areas show relatively less developed political orientations, and they do not improve as much over the school year as other children. Furthermore, normative political orientations and cognitive orientations differ in their development.

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Kinder und Demokratie: Eine unterschätzte Beziehung

Deth

2010

Demokratiedidaktik

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Politisches Wissen bei Kindern — nicht einfach nur ja oder nein

Cited by 6 publications

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Political Knowledge of Children and the Role of Sociostructural Factors

Political Knowledge of Children and the Role of Sociostructural Factors

Children and Politics: An Empirical Reassessment of Early Political Socialization

Kinder und Demokratie: Eine unterschätzte Beziehung

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