Journal article

Authors list: Abendschön, S

Publication year: 2010

Pages: 59-82

Journal: Politics, culture and socialization : research, theory, methods, book reviews

Volume number: 1

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 1866-3427

eISSN: 2196-1417

URL: https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/pcs/article/view/20054

Publisher: Budrich Journal

Abstract: 
Democracy rests upon the political involvement of its citizens. Within
the last couple of years, there has been increasing demands for the
inclusion of children – the youngest citizens – in this democratic
decision- making process. Since values, from a young age, presumably
play a central role in the process of democratic development, this paper
will focus on the value orientations of children: Can we detect a
consistent structure of value orientations at a young age or are these
notions characterized by arbitrariness? The analyses of attitudes of
children, ages six to seven year old, concerning socially desirable
behavior could show that at the beginning of their school career, young
children already do indeed hold clearly structured value orientations.
This structure does undergo changes within the socialization context of
school, however. With regard to the children’s “level” of value
endowment, it has been found that the socialization context of school
had an overall positive effect on the evolution of the level of
children’s value orientations. Nevertheless, achievement differences
between subgroups at the beginning of the first school year have been
discovered, which could not be compensated for by school influences.

Harvard Citation style: Abendschön, S. (2010) The Beginnings of Democratic Citizenship: Value Orientations of Young Children, Politics, culture and socialization : research, theory, methods, book reviews, 1(1), pp. 59-82. https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/pcs/article/view/20054

APA Citation style: Abendschön, S. (2010). The Beginnings of Democratic Citizenship: Value Orientations of Young Children. Politics, culture and socialization : research, theory, methods, book reviews. 1(1), 59-82. https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/pcs/article/view/20054