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The Power of the Press: A Content and Discourse Analysis of the United States History Standards as Presented in Selected Newspapers.

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Johnson, Theresa; Avery, Patricia G. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1999

Examines how the voluntary national U.S. history standards contained within the "National Standards for United States History: Exploring the American Experience" were presented in selected U.S. newspapers. Uses ethnographic content and critical discourse analytic methodologies. Indicates that most newspapers presented a fragmented and inflated…

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, History Instruction

Educational Attainment and Political Attitudes: An Effect of Schools or Schooling?

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Dailey, Ann Ricks – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1983

The four political attitudes studied involved political interest, political alienation, racial equality, and the Vietnam war. Schooling effects influenced political interest and anti-Vietnam war attitudes but not political alienation and feelings about racial equality. (CS)

Descriptors: Alienation, Educational Attainment, Educational Background, Educational Research