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Young People’S Views Of Government, Peaceful Coexistence, And Diversity In Five Latin American Countries: Iea International Civic And Citizenship Education Study 2016 Latin American Report, Wolfram Schulz, John Ainley, Cristián Cox, Tim Friedman
Young People’S Views Of Government, Peaceful Coexistence, And Diversity In Five Latin American Countries: Iea International Civic And Citizenship Education Study 2016 Latin American Report, Wolfram Schulz, John Ainley, Cristián Cox, Tim Friedman
Dr Wolfram Schulz
ICCS 2016 was the second cycle of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS). ICCS studies the ways in which education systems from around the world prepare young people to undertake their roles as citizens in society. In Latin America, this area of learning is set within particular challenges and contexts. Compared to established Western democracies, most countries in this region returned to democratic rule only three or four decades ago or even more recently, and their political, social, and economic stability continues to be called into question. Surveys have consistently found that commitment to democracy among adults in …
Assessing The Intended Participation Of Young Adolescents As Future Citizens, John Ainley, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon
Assessing The Intended Participation Of Young Adolescents As Future Citizens, John Ainley, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon
Dr Wolfram Schulz
In many Western countries there is concern about the level of participation of their citizens in civic life and the apparent lack of interest and involvement among young people in public and political life (Curtice & Seyd, 2003). The development of knowledge, understanding, skills, and dispositions that prepare young people to comprehend the world, hold productive employment, and be informed active citizens are among the characteristics that educational systems, schools, and teachers value and attempt to foster. However, countries vary in the status accorded to civic and citizenship education as part of school education and the relative importance of developing …
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship : Year 6 And Year 10 : Technical Report : 2007, Nicole Wernert, Eveline Gebhardt, Wolfram Schulz
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship : Year 6 And Year 10 : Technical Report : 2007, Nicole Wernert, Eveline Gebhardt, Wolfram Schulz
Dr Wolfram Schulz
This report describes the technical aspects of the National Civics and Citizenship Sample Assessment of 2007 that was conducted in Australian schools, and summarises the main activities involved in the data collection, the data collection instruments and the analysis and reporting of the data. Chapter 2 summarises the development of the assessment domain and describes the process of item development and construction of the instruments. Chapter 3 reviews the sample design and describes the sampling process. Chapter 3 also describes the weighting procedures that were implemented to derive population estimates. Chapter 4 summarises the field administration and data management procedures, …
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship Year 6 And Year 10 : Technical Report 2004, Nicole Wernert, Eveline Gebhardt, Martin Murphy, Wolfram Schulz
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship Year 6 And Year 10 : Technical Report 2004, Nicole Wernert, Eveline Gebhardt, Martin Murphy, Wolfram Schulz
Dr Wolfram Schulz
This report describes the technical aspects of the National Civics and Citizenship Sample Assessment and summarises the main activities involved in the data collection, the data collection instruments and the analysis and reporting of the data. Chapter 2 summarises the development of the assessment domain and describes the process of item development and construction of the instruments. Chapter 3 reviews the sample design and describes the sampling process. Chapter 3 also describes the process of weighting to derive population estimates. Chapter 4 summarises the field administration and data management procedures, including quality control and the cleaning and coding of the …
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship Education 2010 : Year 6 And Year 10 : Technical Report, Eveline Gebhardt, Julian Fraillon, Nicole Wernert, Wolfram Schulz
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship Education 2010 : Year 6 And Year 10 : Technical Report, Eveline Gebhardt, Julian Fraillon, Nicole Wernert, Wolfram Schulz
Dr Wolfram Schulz
The first cycle of the National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship (NAP – CC) was held in 2004 and provided the baseline against which future performance would be compared. The second cycle of the program was conducted in 2007 and was the first cycle where trends in performance were able to be examined. The most recent assessment was undertaken in 2010. This report describes the procedures and processes involved in the conduct of the third cycle of the NAP – CC. This report describes the technical aspects of NAP – CC 2010 and summarises the main activities involved in …
Students' Participation In And Valuing Of Civic Engagement At School, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon
Students' Participation In And Valuing Of Civic Engagement At School, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon
Dr Wolfram Schulz
The IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study studied the ways in which young people in lower secondary schools are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens in a wide range of countries including Europe, Latin America, and the Asian-Pacific region. ICCS was the third IEA study designed to measure contexts and outcomes of civic and citizenship education and was linked to the 1999 IEA Civic Education Study (CIVED). A central aspect of the study was the assessment of student knowledge about a wide range of civic-related issues. ICCS gathered data from more than 140,000 Grade 8 (or equivalent) students …
Educating For Informed And Active Citizenship, Wolfram Schulz
Educating For Informed And Active Citizenship, Wolfram Schulz
Dr Wolfram Schulz
One of the goals of Australian schooling is to prepare young people to participate in a democratic society. Wolfram Schulz describes the latest findings of the National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship, in light of this goal.
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship Years 6 And 10 Report 2010, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, Eveline Gebhardt, Nicole Wernert
National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship Years 6 And 10 Report 2010, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, Eveline Gebhardt, Nicole Wernert
Dr Wolfram Schulz
This report presents the findings of the National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship conducted under the auspices of the national council of education ministers, the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) in 2010. Under the National Assessment Program, assessment of civics and citizenship is conducted with a random sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students on a triennial cycle. This is a report of the third such assessment. The National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship measures not only students’ skills, knowledge and understandings of Australia’s system of government and civic life but …
Educación Para La Ciudadanía Y Participación Cívica : Una Presentación Del Estudio Iccs 2009 Y De Sus Resultados, Wolfram Schulz
Educación Para La Ciudadanía Y Participación Cívica : Una Presentación Del Estudio Iccs 2009 Y De Sus Resultados, Wolfram Schulz
Dr Wolfram Schulz
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Iccs 2009 European Report : Civic Knowledge, Attitudes, And Engagement Among Lower Secondary Students In 24 European Countries, David Kerr, Linda Sturman, Wolfram Schulz, Bethan Burge
Iccs 2009 European Report : Civic Knowledge, Attitudes, And Engagement Among Lower Secondary Students In 24 European Countries, David Kerr, Linda Sturman, Wolfram Schulz, Bethan Burge
Dr Wolfram Schulz
The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) studied the ways in which countries prepare their young people to undertake their roles as citizens. ICCS was based on the premise that preparing students for citizenship involves helping them develop relevant knowledge and understanding and form positive attitudes toward being a citizen and participating in activities related to civics and citizenship. These notions were elaborated in the ICCS assessment framework (Schulz, Fraillon, Ainley, Losito, & Kerr, 2008). Regional contexts are important aspects of civic and citizenship education because they help us understand how people are differentially influenced to undertake their roles …
Scaling Procedures For Iccs Questionnaire Items, Wolfram Schulz, Tim Friedman
Scaling Procedures For Iccs Questionnaire Items, Wolfram Schulz, Tim Friedman
Dr Wolfram Schulz
This chapter describes the procedures used to scale the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) questionnaire data (for students, teachers, and schools) and the indices based on them. In general, it is possible to distinguish two general types of indices derived from the ICCS questionnaires: 1. Simple indices constructed through arithmetical transformation or recoding, for example, ratios between teachers and students; and 2. Scale indices derived from scaling of items, a process typically achieved by using item response modeling of dichotomous or Likert-type items. The first part of this chapter lists the simple indices that were derived from the …
Scaling Procedures For Iccs Test Items, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon
Scaling Procedures For Iccs Test Items, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon
Dr Wolfram Schulz
This chapter describes the procedures used to analyse and scale the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) international and regional test items that were administered to measure students’ civic knowledge. The chapter covers the following topics: the scaling model used to analyze and scale the test items; test coverage and item dimensionality; assessment of item fit; assessment of scorer reliabilities for open-ended items; differential item functioning by gender; review of cross-national measurement equivalence; international item adjudication; international item calibration and test reliability; international ability estimates (plausible values and weighted likelihood estimates); estimation of changes in civic content knowledge between …
Iccs Questionnaire Development, Wolfram Schulz, Bruno Losito, David Kerr
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 …