Summary: | 碩士 === 國立台中師範學院 === 初等教育學系 === 84 === The purposes of this study were to explore the contents
of political socialization which were suitable for elementary
students,and the effects of political socialization on the
sixth graders.Research design and instrumentation were conducted
by means of analyzing related literature.Five hundred and four
sixth graders from elementary schools in Taichung city were
selected as the subjects.The data were collected through a
structured questionnaire and analyzed by t-test,Anova,Pearson
product-moment correlation.The major findings were summarized
as follows:
1.The contents of political education which were suitable for
elementary students were political knowledge,political
confidence,anticipated political participation and national
identity.
2.On the whole,the sixth graders scored a little higher than
the pass mark on the political knowledge test.
3.The scores of sixth graders on the political attitude scale
indicated that their political attitudes were positive.
4.Social economic status was the variable that had significant
effect on students'''' responses.The other variables which had
lower effect were sex,the experience of class leader,and the
language used at home. The students'''' hometown variable had
no effect on their responses.
5.The students scores on the different parts of the political
attitudes were consistent.So were the scores of the students''''
political knowledge and political attitudes.
Implications of these findings were inferred as follows:
1.The contents of social studies have to be arranged to catch
up with the change of social environment.
2.The differences among students and the limitations inherent
in schools have to be noticed when elementary teachers execute
poltical socialization of their students.
3.The opportunity provided by the classmates meeting for
practicing citizenship has to be emphasized.
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