Citizenship Orientations and Knowledge in Primary and Secondary Education

Autor/inn/en	Geboers, Ellen; Geijsel, Femke; Admiraal, Wilfried; ten Dam, Geert
Titel	Citizenship Orientations and Knowledge in Primary and Secondary Education
Quelle	In: Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 18 (2015) 4, S.749-767 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1381-2890
DOI	10.1007/s11218-014-9265-7
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Citizenship; Primary Education; Secondary School Students; Middle School Students; Social Attitudes; Prosocial Behavior; Reflection; Assertiveness; Interpersonal Competence; Knowledge Level; Citizenship Education; Student Educational Objectives; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Staatsbürgerschaft; Primarbereich; Sekundarschüler; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Wissensbasis; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Niederlande
Abstract	Despite widespread attention to citizenship in educational practice, knowledge of the citizenship of students is still fragmented. We therefore present a comprehensive framework to integrate empirical data and theoretical insights into the citizenship of young people today. To develop and validate the framework, we conducted exploratory and confirmative factor analyses on measures of citizenship attitudes, skills, reflection and knowledge for a sample of 7,768 students in grades 5-9 from 38 Dutch primary and secondary schools. The results were cross-validated using a different sample of 15,940 students in primary and secondary education. We were able to distinguish four citizenship orientations among students ("societal interest," "prosocial ability," "reflective thinking" and "assertiveness") and two domains of citizenship knowledge ("societal knowledge" and "interpersonal knowledge"). This framework can help with the large-scale, empirical evaluation of the effects of citizenship education and also guide schools in the formulation of educational goals to support the development of citizenship competences among students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01