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Civic Participation at School in International Comparison

Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, West Room 208&209

Session Submission Type: Symposium

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Civic and citizenship education aims at preparing young people for undertaking their role as citizens in society. Potential learning outcomes include both knowledge and understanding about civic-related issues as well as student attitudes and behaviors. This symposium focuses on the importance of civic participation at school in this learning process which has increasingly been emphasized in the literature.
The data presented in this symposium were collected as part of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS 2009), which surveyed 140,000 Grade 8 students as well as 60,000 teachers and 5,000 school principals in 38 countries. The data include measures of students’ background, civic knowledge, attitudes and behaviors as well as context information about schools and education systems.

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