The Effects of Holocaust Education on Students' Level of Anti-Semitism

Autor/inn/en	Gordon, Stacy B.; Simon, Christopher A.; Weinberg, Leonard
Titel	The Effects of Holocaust Education on Students' Level of Anti-Semitism
Quelle	In: Educational Research Quarterly, 27 (2004) 3, S.58-71 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0196-5042
Schlagwörter	Jews; Social Indicators; Death; Surveys; Teaching Methods; Knowledge Level; Social Bias; Social Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wissensbasis; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	This study evaluates the effects of Holocaust education on American students' level of anti-semitism. A survey consisting of questions regarding the respondent's knowledge of the Holocaust, their demographic characteristics, and a series of political and social indicators was conducted. Results suggest that knowing more about the Holocaust did not reduce the level of anti-Semitism or general intolerance for the students who acquired this knowledge. Moreover, Holocaust education was largely a matter of self-selection. Students attracted to the course(s) tended to be individuals with preexisting attitudes about Jews and other minorities. Holocaust education simply reinforced these attitudes. (Contains 3 tables and 10 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Behavioral Research Press. Grambling State University, Math Department, P.O. Box 1191, Grambling, LA 71245. Tel: 318-274-2425; Web site: http://www.gram.edu/education/erq/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10