Civics and Citizenship Assessment
Publication Date
6-2019
Subjects
Citizenship education, Lower secondary years
Abstract
The ever-changing world we live in has led new challenges for countries in educating their youth to become citizens in the 21st century. This paper explores cross-national priorities for the implementation of civic and citizenship education utilizing data collected across twentyfour countries that participated in the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016. Information was collected on the main aims and objectives of civic and citizenship education for students at the lower secondary level from educational policy documents as well as how these are perceived at the school level. Results suggest a degree in commonality across countries in the importance of key content areas of Civic and Citizenship education that are incorporated in curriculum, while also yielding some striking differences. Some differences in the conceptualization of civic and citizenship education and perceptions at the school level are explored.
Recommended Citation
Friedman, T., Agrusti, G., Valeria, D., & Hong, J. (2019). Cross-national priorities for Civic and Citizenship Education. https://research.acer.edu.au/civics/40
Copyright Statement
Copyright Australian Council for Educational Research 2019
Language
English
Included in
Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons
Comments
Paper presented for the 7th IEA Research Conference in Copenhagen 26 - 28 June