Student 1979

Living conditions of students and attitudes to the GDR, studies and
future occupation.
Topics: Other studies desired; first successful application;
activities before start of course of studies; high school graduation
grade; preferred path of instruction; views of life and political
views in agreement with parents; same occupation; relations with
parents; life values; goals in life; attitudes to occupation; media
usage; political information; political attitudes; attitude to the
GDR, Marxism, the FDJ, socialism, the FRG, the Soviet Union; trust in
the SED; world view; ideal occupation; valuation of one's own study
achievements; attitude to different study conditions and college;
model among teachers; handling different study demands; expectations
of higher study effectiveness; scientific-productive demands; time
expended during studies; part-time activity; different areas of
interest; participation/interest in social activities; function in
social organizations, FDJ; member in SED; desire to participate in
youth festival; parents in SED; work in students brigade; social
relations during studies; moral orientations in college education;
social origins; qualification and activity area of parents; siblings;
management function of parents; income, possessions of parents;
personal possessions, income; housing; frequency of trips home;
participation in cafeteria meals; satisfaction with them; current
relationship; smoking, use of alcohol; leisure activities; reading
esthetic books; visit to socialist foreign countries; demographic
information; evaluation of different study conditions; relationship
between students and teachers; ideas about the ideal teacher;
characteristics of actual teachers; models among teachers; trust in
political questions; social contacts with teachers; preferred
courses; motives for this; characteristic of group advisor; topics of
conversation with group advisor; expectations of teachers of the
students; technical level of teachers; knowledge of historical events
of the GDR; attitudes and valuations on studies, future occupation,
study organization, teaching staff, student collective, courses,
different study conditions; attitude to FDJ; effects of FDJ work on
study group; source used for political questions; valuation of FDJ
year as apprentice; reasons for selection of group leader; knowledge
about the battle program; participation in its development; valuation
of member meetings; frequency; topics dealt with; educational
measures of FDJ group; attitude to a management function in the FDJ;
participation in different forms of FDJ work; valuation of student
brigades; ideas about formation, deployment and demands of student
brigades; attitude to technology, equal rights with technical
capabilities, innovator system; measures for scientific-technical
progress in the GDR; valuation of the possibilities of socialism for
technology development; effects of science and technology on
international relations; recognition of future occupation; personal
expectations for technology students; personal expression of these
characteristics; knowledge of socialist moral demands; openness in
political discussions; reaction to justified criticism of study
achievements; life values; philosophical and moral opinions; goals in life.