Education on Population Matters in Europe: Results from a Comparative Survey among Students in Five European Countries

Autor/in	Van Peer, Christine
Titel	Education on Population Matters in Europe: Results from a Comparative Survey among Students in Five European Countries
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 36 (2006) 1, S.105-123 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Population Education; Immigrants; Student Attitudes; Population Trends; Secondary School Students; Questionnaires; Knowledge Level; Cultural Awareness; Multivariate Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Schülerverhalten; Bevölkerungsprognose; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Wissensbasis; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	In 1996-1997, within the framework of the European Observatory for Population Education and Information, a comparative survey was conducted among students in final classes of secondary education in several European countries. On the one hand, the survey attempted to assess the effects of education on population in terms of knowledge acquired; the issues addressed in the questionnaire pertained to knowledge of demographic facts and trends (such as the ageing of Western societies and immigration). On the other hand it tried to ascertain students' opinions on demographic trends. What are young people's views on intergenerational solidarity, how tolerant are they towards immigrants, what are their views on recent changes in family structures? This knowledge is important since it is young people's attitudes and future behaviour that will help to shape both the social tissue and the economic prosperity of the European and world population. This article presents a comparative analysis of survey results obtained in five European countries. It examined the question whether knowledge acquired in the course of scolarisation influences opinions. The results evidence a significant relationship between knowledge of the migrants' issue and attitudes of tolerance towards migrants. By means of multivariate analyses, the impact of factors such as social origin, study orientation and gender on both students' knowledge and attitudes, are investigated. It is concluded that adequate educational training on population issues can have a significant positive impact on attitudes of tolerance. (Contains 5 tables, 3 figures, and 8 endnotes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10