Teachers and politics |
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| Institution: | 1. Economics Department, University of Genoa, Italy;2. Bangor Business School, Bangor, United Kingdom;3. Political Science Department, University of Genoa, Italy;1. Etla Economic Research, Finland;2. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland;3. University of Helsinki, Finland;1. School of Politics and Governance, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia;2. Goodrich C. White Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga, USA;3. International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia;4. Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma, USA;5. Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia |
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| Abstract: | I find that self-selection into teacher training programs in Germany is co-determined with ideology. Incoming teacher-trainees are more left-wing in ideology and political preferences than the average incoming university student. I find also that teacher training programs exert a socialization effect: as compared to the average student, teacher trainees’ views are reinforced and they become more left-wing as they progress in their studies. In a third step, I use the German Socio-Economic Panel to compare tenured teachers’ political attitudes with other university graduates and other civil servants, and find that tenured teachers are more left-wing than the average in the respective reference groups. I consider possible explanations for the left-wing orientation of teachers in the German educational system and implications of indoctrination and imbalance of views. |
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| Keywords: | Indoctrination Political attitudes Socialization Peer pressure Pocketbook voting A130 A220 D720 I20 H00 |
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