NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Participatory Practices and Political Knowledge: How Motivational Inequality Moderates the Effects of Formal Participation on Knowledge
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Reichert, Frank; Print, Murray – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
Democracies rely upon politically knowledgeable citizens for their legitimacy and to sustain themselves. In Australia, policy initiatives have addressed concerns about the low levels of political knowledge among young people. Yet research about how young Australians acquire political knowledge, beyond schools, is scarce. The present study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Situated Learning, Self Determination
Civic Participation of High School Students: The Effect of Civic Learning in School
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Reichert, Frank; Print, Murray – Educational Review, 2018
Building active and informed citizens is a major part of civics and citizenship education in order to enhance and sustain democracies. Civic learning and civic action opportunities within school contexts are commonly claimed to promote an active and informed citizenry. In the present research, we examine the meaning of formal civics education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizen Participation, Student Participation
Nationalistic Education as the Focus for Civics and Citizenship Education: The Case of Hong Kong.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Leung, Yan Wing; Print, Murray – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2002
Report on a study of nationalistic education in secondary schools in Hong Kong. Findings show that civic educators were strongly eclectic in education for cosmopolitan, civic, and cultural nationalism and moderately eclectic in education for anticolonial nationalism but rejected education for totalitarian nationalism. (Contains 5 tables and 57…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Colonialism, Cultural Awareness