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International political socialization of sixth grade elementary children: What and how do Japanese and Thai children know about the world?

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This study investigates cognitive and affective components of Japanese and Thai children's attitudes toward international political socialization. The survey results report how children feel about people from other nations, international political institutions, and their country's involvement with the world community. An important concern of the study is the assessment of how much accurate knowledge Japanese and Thai elementary school children have about other nations. This study includes information on children's feelings about, and knowledge of such problems as warfare between nations, world government, stereotypic thinking about people not belonging to one's own culture and awareness of cross-cultural diffusion between Japan, Thailand and other nations.

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Cette étude est une recherche des composants, cognitifs et affectifs, des attitudes des enfants thaïlandais et japonais devant la socialisation politique internationale. Les résultats de l'enquête montrent comment les enfants réagissent devant les gens des autres nations, devant les institutions politiques internationales et les relations de leur propre pays avec la communauté mondiale. L'auteur s'intéresse plus particulièrement à l'évaluation des connaissances exactes que les enfants thaïlandais et japonais des classes élémentaires possèdent sur les autres nations. L'étude donne des informations sur les sentiments des enfants à l'égard des autres pays, sur la connaissance qu'ils ont des problèmes tels que la guerre entre nations, le gouvernement mondial, la pensée stéréotypée sur ceux qui n'appartiennent pas à leur propre culture, et sur leur prise de conscience de la diffusion interculturelle entre le Japon, la Thaïlande et les autres nations.

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Diese Studie befaßt sich mit den kognitiven und affektiven Elementen der Einstellung japanischer und thailändischer Kinder zu internationaler politischer Sozialisierung. Aus den Ergebnissen der Untersuchung geht hervor, wie Kinder über Mitglieder anderer Nationen, über internationale politische Organisationen und über den Zusammenhang ihres Landes mit der Weltgemeinschaft denken. Ein wichtiges Ziel der Studie war es, festzustellen, wieviel akkurates Wissen von anderen Völkern japanische und thailändische Kinder besitzen. Der Bericht enthält Informationen über die Einstellung der Kinder und ihre Kenntnisse in bezug auf Probleme wie Kriege, Weltregierung, stereotypische Vorstellungen von Menschen, die nicht zur eigenen Kultur gehören, sowie darüber, inwieweit sie sich der grenzübergreifenden kulturellen Diffusion zwischen Japan, Thailand und anderen Ländern bewußt sind.

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Sweeney, J.A.C., Zandan, P.A. International political socialization of sixth grade elementary children: What and how do Japanese and Thai children know about the world?. Int Rev Educ 27, 271–300 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00598638

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