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John Aubrey Douglass – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2023
The United States retains many aspects of a healthy open society, but there are indicators of trouble and deep divisions around the meaning and importance of democratic values. This debate has significant repercussions for universities and their academic communities. In the most-simple terms, there is a red and blue state divide over the role and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nationalism, Political Attitudes, Politics
Torney-Purta, Judith; Schwille, John; Amadeo, Jo-Ann – 1999
This ERIC Digest reports on the origins, purposes, and methods of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study. In 1993, the General Assembly of the IEA decided to carry out a two phase study of civic education. The goal of the two phase study was to identify and examine in a comparative…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democracy
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Shechtman, Zipora – Youth and Society, 1993
Assesses a counseling and holistic educational program designed to enhance democratic values among junior high school students in northern Israel. Results obtained from 600 students in 20 classrooms show an increase in democratic values revealed by attitudes toward school life, an enhanced democratic classroom climate, and a decrease in positive…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Evaluation, Democratic Values