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Nzahabwanayo, Sylvestre; Finchilescu, Gillian; Divala, Joseph J. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2019
Teachers play a crucial role in the political socialization of adolescents. Using Q-Methodology, we explored high school teachers' conceptions of good citizenship in post-genocide Rwanda. Teachers ranked 50 statements, describing a 'good citizen', on a 9-column grid, anchored by 'least important citizenship behaviour' and 'most important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Teachers, Political Socialization, Citizenship
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Martin, Leisa A.; Lauzon, Glenn P.; Benus, Matthew J.; Livas, Pete, Jr. – SAGE Open, 2017
The study evaluated 60 middle school students and 191 high school students on their willingness to recite or not recite the Pledge and their rationale. Overall, 60% of the middle school students and 68.6% of the high school students chose not to recite the loyalty oath. For the European Americans students, the most common rationale among the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Political Socialization, Patriotism
Phipps, Stuart Beall – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study explores secondary social studies teachers' beliefs about the concept of citizenship. The development of citizenship in young people is an often-stated goal for schooling in the USA. The most prominent social studies professional organization, the National Council for the Social Studies, describes education for citizenship as the…
Descriptors: Political Socialization, Political Science, Citizenship, Democracy