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Curricular tracking and civic and political engagement: Comparing adolescents and young adults across education systems
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Abstract Country-case studies examining the relation between curricular tracking (ability sorting) in secondary education and civic and political engagement (CPE) have led to mixed findings. This calls for a comparative approach. Thus far, as a result of the available data, comparative studies examining the ... view more
Country-case studies examining the relation between curricular tracking (ability sorting) in secondary education and civic and political engagement (CPE) have led to mixed findings. This calls for a comparative approach. Thus far, as a result of the available data, comparative studies examining the effect of curricular tracking on civic engagement have been cross-sectional in nature. In this paper, we introduce a longitudinal approach by drawing from two cross-sectional surveys with identical CPE measures for the same birth cohort before and after tracking (CIVED 1999, ISSP 2004 and EVS 2008). We examine the relation between the duration of curricular tracking and the development of CPE between the age of 14 and young adulthood in 25 countries. The results show that a longer tracked curriculum is negatively related to the development of civic and political engagement, particularly at the lower part of the distribution. Moreover, we find that the negative relation between length of the tracked curriculum and CPE is mediated by enrolment rates for higher education. This result suggests that tracking does not directly negatively affect civic and political engagement, but does so because it is associated with reduced participation in higher education.... view less
Keywords
longitudinal study; ISSP; adolescent; young adult; EVS; political activity; syllabus; education system; social inequality; secondary education; comparative research; citizens' involvement
Classification
Sociology of Education
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Civic and political engagement; curricular tracking; education systems; higher education enrolment; social inequality; comparative study; Civic Education Study (CIVED) 1999; ZA3950: International Social Survey Programme: Citizenship - ISSP 2004; ZA4800: European Values Study 2008: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2008)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 284-302
Journal
Acta Sociologica, 63 (2020) 3
ISSN
1502-3869
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed