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Evaluating the Impact of Citizenship Education in Schools

What Works and What are We Measuring?

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Schools, Curriculum and Civic Education for Building Democratic Citizens

Part of the book series: Civic and Political Education ((CIEDV,volume 2))

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There has been much interest in civic and citizenship education over the past 15 years, and much debate about whether citizenship education has an impact on civic engagement. As part of these debates, more and more attention has shifted away from simply asking whether citizenship education ‘works’, and instead asking what type of citizenship education works (Kahne & Sporte, 2008).

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  1. Avril Keating
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  2. Tom Benton
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  1. University of Sydney, Australia

    Murray Print

  2. Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

    Dirk Lange

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Keating, A., Benton, T., Kerr, D. (2012). Evaluating the Impact of Citizenship Education in Schools. In: Print, M., Lange, D. (eds) Schools, Curriculum and Civic Education for Building Democratic Citizens. Civic and Political Education, vol 2. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-167-2_5

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