Pre-Military Training - Instructors 1985

Degree of political interest and media usage, valuations on
international policy and the balance of power, personal pre-military
training completed, effectiveness of pre-military training and
paramilitary of the Gesellschaft fuer Sport und Technik {society for
sport and technology} (GST).
Topics: Solidarity with the GDR; attitude to the Soviet Union and its
army; stand on Marxist-Leninist world view; willingness to defend the
GDR and reasons for this; assessment of the readiness of soldiers in
the Federal German Armed Forces to shoot; possibility of preventing a
war through peace forces; evaluation of the politics of the FRG
government; assessment of the character of the Federal German Armed
Forces; assessment of the balance of power between imperialism and
socialism; assessment of the jeopardy to the Soviet Union from the
stationing of USA missiles; representation of revanchist goals by the
FRG government; preference of military or non-military support of the
GDR for socialist states; knowledge of political personalities;
assessment of personal ability to explain military facts and problems
(scale); interest in political events; frequency of use of GDR and
FRG media for political information and preferred position; frequency
of reading the daily newspaper and other magazines for political
information (scale); satisfaction with the magazine "Konkret"
regarding the treatment of military questions (scale); use of
agitation and propaganda materials of the GST (scale); conducting
military policy schooling; evaluation of various forms of
pre-military training (scale); type or length of previous activity in
pre-military training and future career; place of obtaining knowledge
of activity in pre-military training (scale); feeling of
responsibility as political instructor and personal conversations
with trainees; assessment of success as instructor (scale);
self-assessment of personality characteristics (scale); assessment of
pre-military training (scale); characteristic of training collective
(scale); existence of someone active in the FDJ in the training unit;
assessment of the work all in all and on individual sides of the
person active in the FDJ (scale); use of means of training for the
activity (scale); conversations on current-political questions;
function in pre-military training; influence of the stars on
character and fate of people; qualification as instructor and
preference of individual aspects (scale); manner of acquisition of
pedagogical-psychological knowledge; preparation for training and
exercise classes (scale); evaluation of effectiveness of forms of
qualification (scale); participation in GST paramilitary; preferred
GST type of sport currently and in future; possession of achievement
badge of the GST paramilitary; exercise of functions in GST
paramilitary; reasons for participation in GST paramilitary (scale);
assessment of development status of paramilitary section (scale);
frequency of meeting of paramilitary collective and frequency of
personal participation; weekly time expended for paramilitary;
frequency of participation in various competitions (scale);
participation in qualification forms of the GST (scale); assessment
of GST paramilitary as preparation of active military service;
evaluation of participation in pre-military training; satisfaction
with recognition as instructor; evaluation of individual sides of
pre-military training (scale); evaluation of success as instructor
(scale); feeling of solidarity with GST; world view; military service
performed; badges during military service (scale); membership in
social organizations and SED.