Student Constructions of "Active Citizenship": What Does Participation Mean to Students?

Autor/in	Kennedy, Kerry J.
Titel	Student Constructions of "Active Citizenship": What Does Participation Mean to Students?
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Studies, 55 (2007) 3, S.304-324 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1005
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8527.2007.00381.x
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Educational Policy; Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Elementary Secondary Education; Student Surveys; Citizenship Responsibility; Activism; Political Attitudes; Social Science Research; Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerbefragung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland
Abstract	"Active citizenship" is currently a popular term in citizenship education policy discourse. Despite this policy interest, there is no agreement about the meaning of "active citizenship". This article draws on data from the IEA Civic Education Study to explore how students themselves construct "active citizenship". The results show that students have quite sophisticated conceptions of citizenship responsibilities although their attitudes are gendered. They seem committed to political obligations rather than social obligations and they do not seem inclined to take advantage of their political rights or become involved in protest activities of any kind. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10