ERIC Number: EJ1148103
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 11
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Teaching Civic Education in a Migrating Global Community: How Can Students with a Migration Background Contribute to Didactics and Civic Education Theory?
Gessner, Susann
Journal of Social Science Education, v16 n2 p41-51 Sum 2017
Purpose: The article enquires about how young migrants perceive and evaluate civic education in school and what expectations they have of the subject. Method: The article is based on a qualitative-oriented research work based on the Grounded Theory; surveys were made by interviews with students. Findings: The article emphasises that educational theorists can learn something from young migrants about the content and construction of civic education in a migrating Global Community.
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Grounded Theory, Surveys, Interviews, Qualitative Research, Immigrants, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Politics, Adolescents, Political Issues, Global Approach, Student Role, Expectation
Journal of Social Science Education. Bielefeld University Faculty of Sociology, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany. Tel: +49-521-106-3985; Fax: +49-521-106-153986; e-mail: info@jsse.org; Web site: http://jsse.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/index.php/jsse
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; Somalia
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