A series of 11 programmes looking at background issues in British politics.
3: The Don't Know Democracy
A recent Hansard Society pilot survey in schools suggested that only 22% of 15-year-olds know the name of the Foreign Secretary
42% believe that the IRA is a Protestant organisation-
People in Britain, as in most democracies, are fairly ignorant about politics. Now the Politics Association is trying to increase the amount of political education in schools. But can children be taught politics effectively and without bias?
ROBERT FISK , of The Times, talks to BERNARD CRICK , Professor of Politic", at Birkbeck College, London.
Production assistant JUDY HARRIS Producer BERNARD ADAMS
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