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Liu, Xu; Xiantong, Zhao; Starkey, Hugh – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
This paper provides a detailed introduction to the structures and practice of ideological and political education in Chinese universities. It draws on a thematic analysis of documents from the Chinese Communist Party and State sources, and data from 24 in-depth interviews with managers of ideological and political education, teaching staff,…
Descriptors: Ideology, Political Science, Citizenship Education, Universities
Hongrui Chen – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The purpose of this article is to study the impact of the use of digital interactive information technologies in Chinese political education on the civic participation of Chinese and foreign students. The study involved 347 Chinese and 298 foreign students China University of Political Science and Law University, School of Marxism (Shanghai); East…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Political Science
Gusacov, Eran – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2020
Educating students to become participatory citizens in their country is one of the explicit tasks of public education in a democratic-liberal state. In this article, I use civics education in Israel as a case study for the examination of the justification and the practicability of implementing political education in schools, as opposed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Democracy
Chevannes, Derefe Kimarley; Lopez, Josué Ricardo – Comparative Education Review, 2023
Moving beyond the nominal recognition of Black lives toward a struggle for Black liberation raises several challenges, one of which is the critical role of political education. For this reason, this article explores Euromodernity's constructions and sustenance of apolitical educational arrangements that constrain political speech fundamental to a…
Descriptors: Political Science, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Freedom of Speech
Knight Abowitz, Kathleen; Mamlok, Dan – Educational Theory, 2020
In this essay, Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Dan Mamlok consider the arguments for agonist political education in light of a case study based in the events of the 2018 mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the subsequent activism of its survivors. We use this case to examine agonist expressions of citizenship, and…
Descriptors: Activism, Politics, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
Grobshäuser, Natalie; Weißeno, Georg – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2021
Political education in school is aimed at preparing adolescents for their role as citizens, which comprises political participation as well as political knowledge. While it is generally agreed that basic knowledge about politics is a prerequisite to participation, the specific link between knowledge and participation is left unclear in normative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 9, Knowledge Level, Competence
Ribeiro, Norberto; Malafaia, Carla; Ferreira, Teresa – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2023
The intention of this article is to contribute to the debate about whether the voting age should be lowered to the age of 16, by examining quantitative and qualitative data collected in a local participation project with young people in Portugal: questionnaires (N = 961), interviews (N = 3), and focus group discussions (N = 15). Considering the…
Descriptors: Voting, Age, Politics, Competence
O'Brien, Gearóid – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2023
This study examines differences based on school gender in the teaching of Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE), a mandatory subject in the Irish post-primary curriculum. These differences are considered in relation to Westheimer and Kahne's three types of citizens -- personally responsible, participatory and justice-oriented. The article…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Gender Differences, Civics, Citizenship Education
Gearóid O'Brien – Journal of Social Science Education, 2023
Purpose: This study examines whether differences exist in the teaching of Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE) across school types: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS), fee-paying and 'other' schools. The study also examines whether such differences are linked to students' cultural capital. Design Methodology: A survey of…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Teacher Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Teacher Influence
Zhao, Zhenzhou – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
A growing body of research has documented the escalating popularity of religion among student populations in China's higher education settings. Despite the changes sustained by China's religious policies throughout the post-Mao era, the state has not abandoned its long-standing approach of cultivating citizenship through Marxist-Leninist-oriented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Citizenship Education, Political Socialization
Sánchez Loza, Dinorah – Theory Into Practice, 2021
Affluent suburban high schools are often framed as success stories given their academic achievement outcomes including those on civic measures. Yet, more analyses are needed that interrogate how youth in these schools come to think and act politically. This article shifts the gaze onto these predominantly White schools to investigate the…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Suburban Schools, High Schools, Whites
O'Brien, Gearóid – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2023
Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE) is a mandatory junior cycle subject in Irish second-level schools. Its concept-based syllabus accords teachers significant freedom in choosing instructional content for the subject. This study used a survey of 223 CSPE teachers to identify: (1) differences in the teaching of the subject based on teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Gender Differences, Citizenship Education, Secondary School Teachers
Zhang, Chong; Fagan, Catherine – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
A long existing compulsive curriculum of ideological and political education is employed by the Chinese government to promote citizenship education among Chinese university students. This article builds on the findings of a mixed-methods research that examined the role of ideological and political education on university students' civic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Political Science, Citizenship Education
Standish, Paul – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2019
Many approaches to political education take it to involve the construction of particular sections of the curriculum in which political matters are addressed -- named perhaps "civics" or "citizenship education". While these approaches have often been beneficial, they are all also problematic and controversial in some degree.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Political Issues, Curriculum
Sanjuan, Renee; Mantas, Eleni M. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
For decades, scholars have argued that civic education practices, such as debates on controversial issues, have the capacity to enhance civic outcomes, including political knowledge, attentiveness, and interest. This study bridges the literature on political science education and political behavior by employing an experimental approach to assess…
Descriptors: Political Science, Political Attitudes, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Minority Group Students