Students as Change Agents in the Community: Developing Active Citizenship at Schools

Autor/inn/en	Akin, Sibel; Calik, Basak; Engin-Demir, Cennet
Titel	Students as Change Agents in the Community: Developing Active Citizenship at Schools
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 17 (2017) 3, S.809-834 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Change Agents; Citizenship; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Student Attitudes; Social Studies; Middle School Students; Grade 8; Formative Evaluation; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Focus Groups; Content Analysis; Values; Foreign Countries; Observation; Program Evaluation; Democracy; Civil Rights; Citizenship Education; Teaching Methods; Turkey (Ankara) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerverhalten; Gemeinschaftskunde; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Inhaltsanalyse; Wertbegriff; Ausland; Beobachtung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Demokratie; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Promoting active citizenship is seen as invaluable for educational practices in schools particularly in existing social, political, economic, and cultural context of Turkish society. The present study is part of a European Union project that aimed to help students develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to actively participate in democratic life, mainly by learning and exercising their rights and responsibilities as citizens both at school and also in their community. The study explored the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values developed by students through the project which are considered to be necessary for active citizenship. Employing qualitative multiple case research design, the sample consisted of 82 eight-grade students and 3 social studies teachers from three different middle schools in Ankara. The data were collected during and after the implementation of activities through observation, formative evaluation forms, student focus group discussions, teacher interviews, and the project evaluation form. The data were analyzed by content analysis method. The findings portrayed that the project activities were conducive to develop the characteristics of active citizenship in students in terms of the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01