Session Information
23 SES 04 B, Providing an International Evidence-Base for Facilitating the Learning of Active Citizenship
Symposium
Time:
2009-09-28
16:00-17:30
Room:
HG, HS 7
Chair:
Bryony Hoskins
Discussant:
Marcella DELUCA
Contribution
Contemporary society is often perceived as being increasing complex and rocked by rapid change. Hence the call for informed citizens, actively engaged in public affairs. Research does however suggest that increasing numbers of citizens feel no longer connected to their society and that intolerance and distrust are on the increase. As a consequence, many people look towards the schools and expect much from citizenship education.
This paper examines the impact of different forms of citizenship education on the attitudes of 14-year olds towards immigrants. This is done using the CivEd 1999 data and multilevel analysis. In particular, we compare the influence of civic knowledge versus democratic school experiences.
Indicators of a democratic school, such as an open classroom climate and a general confidence in the existing possibilities for participating in school affairs, turn out to be important assets to promote ethnic tolerance. Civic knowledge is however also an important predictor of a positive attitude towards ethnic minorities, even after controlling for the indicators of a democratic school. This means that both knowledge and a democratic class and school climate foster ethnic tolerance.
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