Canadian Students and World Affairs
Keywords:
political socialization, international affairs, civic education, social studies, international relationsAbstract
While a great deal is known about children's political socialization in general, little information is available to describe childhood learning about international affairs in particular. In an attempt to fill this lacuna, over 1100 students, drawn from Grades 5, 8 and 11, were surveyed to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward world affairs. The findings indicate that socialization to foreign politics follows much the same pattern found by studies of childhood socialization to domestic politics in that age, sex, and class are the most important correlates. It was also discovered that children are only marginally more knowledgeable about domestic politics than international affairs.
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