ERIC Number: EJ1155595
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
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Rethinking Students' Dispositions towards Civic Duties in Urban Learning Ecologies
Ige, Olugbenga Adedayo
International Journal of Instruction, v10 n4 p307-324 Oct 2017
This study explored the causative influence of thinking dispositions on secondary school students' civic attitudes in school ecologies. 167 students from eight selected secondary schools in northern and southern Nigeria responded to the Senior Students' Thinking Dispositions Questionnaire (SSTDQ), and Students' Attitude to Civic Education Scale (SACES). Results of the stepwise linear regression model declared that absolutism, superstition, and dogmatism were the potent predictors that are strongly connected to students' civic attitudes. The study has inferences for teachers' development viz a viz teaching students' civic attitudes from inside out (critical teaching that uses social tools as yardstick) in school ecologies.
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires, Thinking Skills, Attitude Measures, Regression (Statistics), Critical Thinking, Predictor Variables, Urban Education, Student Surveys, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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