An International Perspective on Civic Participation in Irish Post-Primary Schools: Results from ICCS

Autor/inn/en	Cosgrove, Jude; Gilleece, Lorraine
Titel	An International Perspective on Civic Participation in Irish Post-Primary Schools: Results from ICCS
Quelle	In: Irish Educational Studies, 31 (2012) 4, S.377-395 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0332-3315
DOI	10.1080/03323315.2012.664948
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Citizenship Education; Comparative Analysis; Civics; Irish; Citizen Participation; Comparative Education; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Beliefs; Adolescent Attitudes; National Surveys; Student Surveys; Institutional Characteristics; Socioeconomic Influences; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Irisch; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Belief; Glaube; Schülerbefragung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Irland
Abstract	Ireland was one of the 38 countries/education systems that participated in the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) in 2009. This is the first international comparative study in this area in which Ireland has participated since 1971. The study measured the civic knowledge of 14-year-olds and their attitudes towards, and beliefs about, various civic and citizenship issues. The current paper focuses on indicators of students' and (to a lesser extent) parents' participation in school life. Although active participation in school is emphasised in, for example, the Education Act of 1998, little empirical work in Ireland has defined or examined actual levels of participation in post-primary schools, or students' views of their opportunities to participate, and ICCS provides information on these issues in an international comparative context. Findings indicate that despite a relatively strong civic knowledge base among students in Ireland, levels of participation compare less favourably with other countries. Results are discussed in the wider context of the Irish education system. (Contains 12 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10