Justifying the Status Quo: The Implications of Ideology in Teachers' Emphasized Civic Behavior

• In Event: 32.058 - Democratic Citizenship in Education SIG Paper Discussion (Roundtable) Session 1

Abstract

This study addresses how teachers’ ideology contributes to what they teach by implementing a scale capable of measuring teachers’ civic education ideology, and comparing them with levels of system-justification and emphasized civic behavior. Findings indicate that system-justification strongly contributes to civic education ideology, which also relates to emphasized civic behavior.

Authors

• Ryan Thomas Knowles, Utah State University

• Antonio J. Castro, University of Missouri - Columbia