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Citizenship And Education In Twenty-Eight Countries : Civic Knowledge And Engagement At Age Fourteen., Judith Torney-Purta, Rainer Lehmann, Hans Oswald, Wolfram Schulz

Dr Wolfram Schulz

This current publication, Citizenship and education in twenty-eight countries, presents the first results of Phase 2 of the study. It follows a style similar to that traditionally used by IEA, and it complements the more qualitative approach of the first volume by reporting quantitative information from the tests, surveys and questionnaires. Together, the two publications provide a complete and remarkable picture of civic education policies, practices and results across countries in the late 1990s. Having identified and discussed the outcomes of our respective countries in an international context, we know that the time has arrived to pay special attention to …