- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The political socialization of black children: an analysis of the attitudes of children in three pan-African schools and a longitudinal study of the attitudes of former pan-African students, 1981
- Creator:
- Anderson Jr., Sanders
- Date of Original:
- 1981-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examines the school as a socialization agent for instilling alternative political orientation in Black children. It focuses upon pre-school and primary school children who presently attend or have attended Pan-African oriented schools in New Orleans and Atlanta. The major findings of the study are: 1) that students 1'attitudes and values are influenced by the indoctrination received at Pan- African schools, however, this influence erodes once they enter public or conventional schools; 2) that parents who enroll their children in Pan-African schools have political ideas and values similar to those advocated by the schools; 3) there is a definite correlation between the way the world is perceived by teachers at Pan-African schools and parents who enroll their children in Pan-African schools; and 4) teachers at Pan-African schools view the world differently than those who teach in public or conventional schools. The study concludes that the longer one remains in a Pan-African environment, the more defined that education is, and that students who have a positive self-image do well in school. It also suggests that political orientation is more influ�ential in a child's development when similar views are held by parents and teachers.
Degree type: dissertation
Degree name: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Granting institution: Atlanta University
Department: Department of Political Science - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1981_andersonjr_sanders
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
