In response to various societal changes, schools are increasingly developing an outward
orientation, seeking to connect to students' out-of-school participations. Simultaneously …

This accessible book offers a fresh perspective on engagement, with an emphasis on how
teachers can create the conditions for active engagement and the role learners can play in …

Citizenship Education could play a pivotal role in creating a fairer society in which all groups
participate equally in the political progress. But strong causal evidence of which educational …

Over the past two decades, various policy initiatives have been proposed to solve the
perceived problem of youth disengagement from politics. This article examines the impact of …

Large-scale international databases provide valuable resources for scholars, educators and
policy-makers interested in civic engagement and education in nations that are democracies …

This article uses an educational effectiveness approach to model the impact of student,
school, and educational system characteristics on several cognitive and non-cognitive …

This article develops a composite indicator to monitor the levels of civic competence of
young people in Europe using the IEA ICCS 2009 study. The measurement model combines …

If the curriculum is seen as a process, then the interactions between teachers and students
are crucial. This article describes five arguments for involving students, including …

This article tackles the issue of social inequalities in voting and identifies how and when
differences in learning political engagement are influenced by social background in the …

Civic engagement in adolescence contributes to the positive development of young people
and to the health of communities and societies. The present study examined how an open …