Exploratory research suggests that denominational preferences, fundamentalism, and church attendance are related to an individual's position on political issues. A review of research reveals that religious beliefs are stable, developed early in life, and are central to an individual's other orientations. Research on religious orientation is…

Procedures for organizing political education assemblies which present high school students with both sides of political issues, credentials of candidates, and an understanding of the U.S. political system are described. The assemblies provide non-partisan or bi-partisan information for students to make logical, responsible decisions. Information…

Educating for peace at the primary level is more critical now than ever before, as our students struggle to choose and emulate the models of peace education that stand before them. Continuously facing a sensationalized picture of war, students must not learn from the media generated models that stand before them in a time of war. Instead,…

An analysis of the disappointing results of an experimental, semi-programmed government course is reported. (Author/KM)

This chapter presents the view that educational evaluation is an inherently political process and that educational practitioners and scholars will profit from attending more directly to questions about the political aspects of evaluation. The author argues that evaluation is a political resource that can be used to influence the distribution of…

Provided is a congressional study which analyzes the interactions between contemporary practice of science, technology, and the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Six cases illustrating the interaction of science, technology, and diplomacy are reviewed and six general issues, including topics such as nuclear power, seabed resources,…

This selective, annotated bibliography focusing on American politics and government has been compiled to aid graduate students in political science research. Emphasis has been placed on key indexes, bibliographies, and guides. (Author/MBR)

An explanation of the move from using a single continuum to a circle and finally to a quadrangle as a tool for explaining political positions which clarifies their complexity rather than oversimplifying and distorting them. (ND)

Research exploring political awareness and attitudes toward the structure of political and social authority in the United States among elementary school students is provided. (DE)

Participation by foreign diplomats in college level international relations courses is discussed. Emphasis is placed on how to locate diplomats, finance their visits, prepare students to interact intelligently with the diplomats, integrate diplomats into class activities, and avoid pitfalls associated with using diplomats in the classroom. Data…

A laboratory manual containing 14 exercises for students taking intermediate-level courses on US public opinion and voting behavior. The first 2 studies deal with survey research methods and the use of data processing equipment. The remaining 12 are substantive exercises in the analysis of political survey data. The purpose of these assignments is…

Part III of a four-part report contains over 60 annotated abstarcts of child development source materials relevant to the construction of social studies curriculums. For this collection, social sciences were defined as anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, and psychology. An accepted operational definition was that a social…

Quantitative techniques of content analysis were used on documentary and mass communication material from Communist China as a means of identifying and accounting for social, political, and economic change in that society. Articles from "The People's Daily" and the "China Youth Post," radio dispatches, wall posters, terms, and…

The Learning Package Project in International Studies is reported for the activities between August 1973 and October 1974. The first section of the report gives a history of the original packages supported by the project and the contributions made toward developing a group of scholars-instructors necessary to sustain the development, evaluation,…