Student Civic Participation in School: What Makes a Difference in Ireland?

Autor/inn/en	Gilleece, Lorraine; Cosgrove, Jude
Titel	Student Civic Participation in School: What Makes a Difference in Ireland?
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 7 (2012) 3, S.225-239 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197912448715
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Citizenship Education; Males; Childrens Rights; Epistemology; Legislation; Questionnaires; Student Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Gender Differences; Decision Making; Student Participation; Civics; Social Cognition; Social Theories; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Erkenntnistheorie; Gesetzgebungslehre; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Soziale Kognition; Gesellschaftstheorie; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Irland
Abstract	Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides for the views of the child to be given due weight in accordance with the child's age and maturity. Legislation in Ireland recognizes the rights of children to have a voice in educational matters. Based on a sample of 2838 14-year-olds in Ireland and using questionnaire data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study, this paper uses a multilevel model to examine the student and school characteristics associated with civic participation at school. Results indicate that boys have lower levels of civic participation at school than girls, but among boys only, civic participation at school varies in accordance with levels of perceived influence on decision making. Findings are discussed in the context of the rights of children to participate in decisions that affect them and with reference to Bandura's social cognitive theory. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10