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A cross-national comparison of teachers' beliefs about the aims of civic education in 12 countries: A person-centered analysis
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Abstract This article examines teachers' beliefs about the aims of citizenship education in 12 countries from Europe and Asia. A latent class analysis of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study of 2009 identified three distinct profiles of teachers' beliefs about the goals of citizenship educ... view more
This article examines teachers' beliefs about the aims of citizenship education in 12 countries from Europe and Asia. A latent class analysis of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study of 2009 identified three distinct profiles of teachers' beliefs about the goals of citizenship education. These profiles are associated with teachers' characteristics and with national indicators of democratic development. Profiles can be more useful than single beliefs in understanding how teaching contributes to students' civic development. Teachers across countries thought it far more important to foster students' participation in the school or local community than to foster future political participation.... view less
Keywords
political education; democracy; impact; political participation; political attitude; international comparison; Asia; Eastern Europe; Northern Europe; Western Europe; teacher; teacher training; professionalization; social studies
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Teachers, Students, Pupils
Free Keywords
Citizenship education; Person-centered analysis; Teachers' beliefs; International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2009
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 112-125
Journal
Teaching and Teacher Education, 77 (2019)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2018.09.005
ISSN
0742-051X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed