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Direct linkVanfossen, Phillip – International Journal of Social Education, 2005
The focus of this article is on the role that content and concepts drawn from the field of economics should play in education for self-government. How important is economic knowledge for the practice of effective citizenship in a democratic society such as the United States, and what core economic knowledge is required for effective civic…
Descriptors: Political Issues, Economics, Democracy, Democratic Values
Citizenship and Education in Twenty-Eight Countries: Civic Knowledge and Engagement at Age Fourteen.
Download full textTorney-Purta, Judith; Lehmann, Rainer; Oswald, Hans; Schulz, Wolfram – 2001
In 1994 the General Assembly of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) decided to undertake a study on civic education. This volume reports on Phase 2 of the project, which consisted of a test (keyed cognitive items) and a survey (un-keyed attitudinal and behavioral items) administered in each…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2001
This brochure presents highlights from "What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders: U.S. Results from the International IEA Civic Education Study," a report that analyzes the U.S. results of the 1999 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study, Phase 2. The study was designed to assess…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
