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Civic and Citizenship Education

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Iccs Questionnaire Development, Wolfram Schulz, Bruno Losito, David Kerr Dec 2010

Iccs Questionnaire Development, Wolfram Schulz, Bruno Losito, David Kerr

Dr Wolfram Schulz

This chapter describes the development of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) international questionnaires for students, teachers, schools, and national research centers. The student questionnaire was designed to measure both learning outcomes and contextual information. The teacher questionnaire was designed to gather teacher perspectives on the general school and community environment, teaching methods, and civic and citizenship education. School principals were asked to report on the school context for learning, on school characteristics, including school climate, as well as aspects of civic and citizenship education at their schools. An online questionnaire for national research coordinators (NRCs)—the national contexts …


The Development Of Regional Instruments, David Kerr, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon Dec 2010

The Development Of Regional Instruments, David Kerr, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon

Dr Wolfram Schulz

The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) included regional modules for Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Thirty-five of the 38 countries that participated in ICCS opted to be involved in these regional modules. Twenty-four countries participated in the European module, six in the Latin American module, and five countries in the Asian module. Regional instruments were developed for each module and were administered to students after they had completed the international assessment. These instruments were designed to address aspects of civic and citizenship education specific to each region. The results of these additional data collections are reported in a …