The Making of Civic Virtues: A School-Based Experiment in Three Countries. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1830

Autor/inn/en	Briole, Simon; Gurgand, Marc; Maurin, Éric; McNally, Sandra; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer; Santín, Daniel
Institution	London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Titel	The Making of Civic Virtues: A School-Based Experiment in Three Countries. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1830
Quelle	(2022), (52 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2042-2695
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Values Education; Middle School Students; Student Centered Learning; Altruism; Self Efficacy; Peer Relationship; Behavior Standards; Cultural Differences; Politics; Program Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Civil Rights; Student Projects; Democratic Values; Greece; Spain; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Werterziehung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Peer-Beziehungen; Kultureller Unterschied; Politik; Ausland; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Schulprojekt; Griechenland; Spanien; Frankreich
Abstract	With the rise of polarization and extremism, the question of how best to transmit civic virtues across generations is more acute than ever. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that schools can be the place for this transmission by empowering students and gathering them around concrete and democratically chosen objectives. We draw on an RCT implemented in a large sample of middle schools in three European countries. The evaluated program leads students to carry out collective citizenship projects in their immediate communities under the supervision of teachers trained in student-centered teaching methods. The program significantly increases student altruism, their political self-efficacy as well as the quality of their relationship with their classmates and their respect for the rules of school life (less sanctions and absenteeism). In all three countries, the benefits are greater for students with the highest level of altruism and interest in politics at baseline. Investments made at an early age appear to be complement to those made during adolescence for the production of civic virtues. (As Provided).
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