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Humes, Walter – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2023
This paper shows how a significant, but short-lived, episode in Scotland's educational history--the rise and decline of Socialist Sunday Schools (SSSs) in the first half of the twentieth century--provoked controversial debates about issues that continue to have relevance today. The first half of the paper explains the origins of SSSs, their links…
Descriptors: Educational History, Political Attitudes, Meetings, Publications
Wallrich, Lukas; West, Keon; Rutland, Adam – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2021
Across democracies, education predicts electoral participation and political interest. Here, German students on the pre-vocational and pre-academic educational tracks are compared to show how these differences emerge, and thus indicate how they can be addressed. In a Preliminary Study, a large dataset (3747 participants) revealed that there is a…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Voting, Elections, Academic Education
Ross, Alistair – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2020
This article explores how young Europeans (12-19) describe how they discuss political issues with their friends, their parents, and teachers in their schools, and the ways in which these appears to impact on their political understanding and identities. Based on 324 group discussions with 2000 young people, in 104 locations in 29 different…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Political Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Student Attitudes
Schnebel, Karin – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
Politics is inseparable from conflict. But we often have the idea that the political process has to simply "solve" conflicts and in so doing make the conflict disappear. And because the politicians are not able to do this and instead simply continue arguing, we get the impression that we have incompetent politicians, whom we cannot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Social Stratification, Political Science
Wohnig, Alexander – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
More and more programs of citizenship education in Germany (and other countries) tend to advance democratic citizenship through social learning in communities. A strong emphasis is put on social engagement to get young people involved in politics as well as to teach them participation. A qualitative analysis of selected German social learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Political Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Oberle, Monika; Leunig, Johanna – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
Civics courses strive to promote students' political competencies, which according to the model of Detjen et al. incorporate content knowledge, abilities to make political judgements and take political action, as well as motivational skills and attitudes. For achieving these goals, high hopes are placed on active learning tools such as political…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Civics, Simulation
Landwehr, Barbara; Weisseno, Georg – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
Very little research has been conducted on the contribution of political education to learning progress in Germany. Hence, there is a need for intervention studies measuring performance against the theoretical background of a political competence model. This model comprises three constructs: subject knowledge, motivation and attitudes. According…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Problem Solving, Skill Development, Politics
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
Manzel, Sabine – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
In this keynote address given at the International Association for Citizenship, Social and Economics Education (IACSEE) Conference in July 2015, Sabine Manzel focused on participation and decision-making as key competences for democracy. She analysed with standardized videography how both of these competences are realized in classroom interaction.
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Classroom Communication, Student Participation, Conference Papers
Gibson, Howard – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2015
During his quest for leadership of the English Conservative Party, David Cameron declared his intention to turn Britain into a Big Society. In May 2010, having gained office as Prime Minister, he unveiled a string of policies to bring his vision to fruition. After five years, however, talk of the Big Society has withered in public debate such that…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Citizenship
Chan, Chitat – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2013
An extraordinary large-scale student movement in Hong Kong successfully forced the government to withdraw a patriotic education proposal in 2012. The student group has attracted serious scrutiny from the pro-government camp because of the students' unusually young age and remarkable mobilising power. This study aims to explore the community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Activism, Patriotism
Solhaug, Trond; Kristensen, Niels Nørgaard – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2013
This article focuses on students' first political learning and explores the research question, "What dynamic patterns of political learning can be explored among a sample of young, diverse Danish students' first political interests?" The authors use theories of learning in their analytical approach to students' stories. A group of 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Political Attitudes, Political Socialization
Hung, Cheng-Yu – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2013
This article compares the development of citizenship education (CE) in Taiwan and England, as well as teachers' perceptions about the liberal and communitarian constructs underpinning the curriculum in both countries. Due to distinct social and political environments, the Taiwanese and English CE curricula demonstrate an interesting contrast.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development