Examining the Relationship between Civic Education and Partisan Alignment in Young Voters

Autor/in	Clark, Christopher H.
Titel	Examining the Relationship between Civic Education and Partisan Alignment in Young Voters
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Social Education, 45 (2017) 2, S.218-247 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-3104
DOI	10.1080/00933104.2016.1250690
Schlagwörter	Voting; Citizen Participation; Correlation; Teaching Methods; Educational Experience; Political Attitudes; Civics; High School Students; Democratic Values; Young Adults; Educational Environment; Educational Quality; Surveys; Classification; Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abstimmung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Korrelation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungserfahrung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Staatsbürgerkunde; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	As American politics becomes more polarized, it is increasingly necessary for teachers to understand the relationship between education and partisan behavior. Using data from a 2012 CIRCLE survey of 18-24-year-olds, I examine the relationship between students' educational experiences (focusing on exposure to high-quality civics instruction and high school democratic climate) and their propensity to exhibit alignment between party identification, ideology, issue opinions, and candidate choices as young adults. I find that participants who report both a high number of quality civic education experiences and a highly democratic school climate show a reduced likelihood of extreme political alignment. I discuss the implications of this finding and highlight directions for further investigation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01