Does Discussion Lead to Opinion Change within Political Science Students? A Pedagogical Exercise of Deliberative Democracy

Autor/inn/en	Archibugi, Daniele; Bavastrelli, Martina; Cellini, Marco
Titel	Does Discussion Lead to Opinion Change within Political Science Students? A Pedagogical Exercise of Deliberative Democracy
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 17 (2021) 4, S.513-540 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cellini, Marco)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
DOI	10.1080/15512169.2019.1667808
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Group Discussion; Political Science; Political Attitudes; Attitude Change; Models; Political Issues; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Departments; Teaching Methods; Voting; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Italy (Rome) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Gruppendiskussion; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Analogiemodell; Politischer Faktor; Department; Abteilung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Abstimmung; Schülerverhalten; Ausland
Abstract	While the model of deliberative democracy gives a crucial role to dialog, empirical evidence has not yet established if discussion helps to reach a better understanding of political issues and, above all, if individuals are prepared to change their views. It is still unclear when the deliberative model, and more specifically discussion, could be usefully employed as a teaching tool, to improve students' knowledge. This article presents an exercise performed within the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the LUISS University of Rome. Students were asked to discuss in the classroom the issues related to the course, and to cast a vote on selected issues before and after deliberation. Although our sample is not representative, we have gathered evidence from the same population on a rather large number of issues. Students changed their view in 24.6% of cases, and they agreed that discussion increased their understanding, while those with strong ex-ante views resulted more reluctant to change their opinions because of discussion. The analysis also showed the presence of individuals that are more likely to be permeable to discussion while others that are more likely to be impermeable. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01