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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Civic Knowledge"”.
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A Cross-National Study of Civic Knowledge Test Scores
… is to examine the relationship among student civic knowledge scores and several different variables each at the student, classroom/school, and national levels using the IEA CIVED study international data set collected in 1999 from 27 countries. The student level predictors included two …
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School Mobility as it Relates to Adolescents' Civic Knowledge and School Belonging
… of school mobility to levels of adolescent civic knowledge and sense of belonging at school was examined using data collected from a nationally representative sample (N=2417) of 14-year-old adolescents from across the United States as a part of the International Association for the …
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Relationship Between Adolescent Behavior And Civic Engagement
… of constitutional democracy and a free society. Knowledge of the rights, responsibilities, and privileges are the electrical impulses that keep a steady beat. Without the participation of educated citizens, a democratic republic can not and does not function. This study analyzed the relationship …
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A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS OF CONTEXT EFFECTS ON ADOLESCENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF FAMILY, PEERS, SCHOOL, AND NEIGHBORHOOD
… multiple contexts of influence and adolescents' civic engagement were examined in order to facilitate understanding of how adolescents are being prepared for citizenship. This study extends previous research by simultaneously examining the family, peer, school, and neighborhood contexts, …
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Effective Practices in Citizenship Education; We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
… is a course of study that enhances the civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions that lead to responsible citizenship. The curriculum, published by the Center for Civic Education, is intended for students in grades 5, 8, and high school. Students prepare for a mock congressional hearing …
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Beyond Able-Minded Citizenship: Embracing Intellectual Ability Differences in Democratic Education
… ability. In fact, prevailing understandings of civic engagement within political philosophy, social and educational policy, and institutional practice conform to norms of development, behavior, and civic contribution that assume the presence of able-bodied and able-minded individuals. There is …
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Communities of Practice for the Development of Adolescent Civic Engagement: An Empirical Study of their Correlates in Australia and the United States
… a multidimensional model of school community and civic engagement were examined using survey data collected for the 1999 IEA Civic Education Study from large, nationally representative samples of adolescents in Australia and the United States. This study extends previous research by considering …
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Institutional Trust and Interpersonal Interaction: A Contact Theory Approach
… and lost, has been attributed to such factors as civic knowledge, institutional performance, prior experience, prior perceptions, cultural or personal predisposition, and ideological alignment, as well as demographic characteristics such as education, age, and gender. While this research has …
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Pedagogy for Latino/a Newcomer Students: A Study of Four Secondary Social Studies Teachers in New York City Urban Newcomer Schools
… to succeed academically, and encouraged active civic engagement by using students' cultural, linguistic, and civic knowledge and experiences as central to their pedagogy. I analyzed the findings within and across four case studies to develop an emerging grounded theory of culturally and …
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The use of active pedagogical approaches in teaching civic education in selected secondary schools of Kasama and Luwingu districts
… use of active pedagogical approaches in teaching Civic Education in selected secondary schools of Kasama and Luwingu districts. The study was guided by three research objectives; to ascertain the commonly used active teaching methods in teaching Civic Education in Secondary Schools; to determine …
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The use of active pedagogical approaches in teaching civic education in selected secondary schools of Kasama and Luwingu districts
… use of active pedagogical approaches in teaching Civic Education in selected secondary schools of Kasama and Luwingu districts. The study was guided by three research objectives; to ascertain the commonly used active teaching methods in teaching Civic Education in Secondary Schools; to determine …
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The power of civic education in democratic socialization: an investigation of Cape Town high schools
… education as a means of promoting democracy and civic engagement in young learners. Previous research has shown that this socialization project has been ineffective at influencing South African youth towards civic responsibility, yet there is a lack of constructive evaluation on the means and …
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Whatever you can do is the best thing: insights into how youth in personalized learning environments perceive civic engagement
… has been to prepare young people with the knowledge and skills to be civically engaged. However, the civic education pedagogy and curriculum often do not use approaches likely to meet this goal, whether due to narrowed curriculum due to standardized testing, or due to not being culturally …