Compelling Belief.

Puddington, Arch

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ERIC Number: EJ329038

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1985

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Compelling Belief.

Puddington, Arch

American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, v9 n4 p30-35,47-48 Win 1985

Holds that schools and textbooks utilized in communist block countries serve to indoctrinate students as to the virtues of the system under which they live and bias them against other systems. Cites several examples of anti-United States propaganda in Soviet texts. (GC)

Descriptors: Capitalism, Communism, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Political Influences, Propaganda, Role of Education, Textbook Bias

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United States; USSR

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