The School's Role in Developing Civic Engagement: A Study of Adolescents in Twenty-Eight Countries
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Applied Developmental Science
- Vol. 6 (4), 203-212
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532480xads0604_7
Abstract
Schools achieve the best results in fostering civic engagement when they rigorously teach civic content and skills, ensure an open classroom climate for discussing issues, emphasize the importance of the electoral process, and encourage a participative school culture. Schools whose students do not plan to attend college and have few educational resources at home face a special challenge. These are among the conclusions of the IEA Civic Education Study in which 90,000 14-year-olds in 28 countries were tested on knowledge of civic content and skills and were surveyed about concepts of citizenship, attitudes toward governmental and civic institutions, and political actions.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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