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Citizenship Education for Political Engagement: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials

Authors :
Bryony Hoskins
Steven Donbavand
Source :
Social Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 151, p 151 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

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 techniques work best to create political engagement is lacking. This paper presents the results of a systematic review of controlled trials within the field based on transparent search protocols. It finds 25 studies which use controlled trials to test causal claims between Citizenship Education programs and political engagement outcomes. The studies identified largely confirm accepted ideas, such as the importance of participatory methods, whole school approaches, teacher training, and doubts over whether knowledge alone or online engagement necessarily translate into behavioral change. But the paucity of identified studies also points both to the difficulties of attracting funding for controlled trials which investigate Citizenship Education as a tool for political engagement and real epistemological tensions within the discipline itself.

Details

ISSN :
20760760
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Social Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9d0b4bf8aea1cc94ca1ec01dc56d50ff