Segregation and Socialization: Academic Segregation and Citizenship Attitudes of Adolescents in Comparative Perspective?

Abstract: Purpose: There is a tendency to assess educational systems in terms of their efficiency in gaining high scores on cognitive skills. Schools perform, however, also a socializing function. The whole policy debate tends to ignore the impact of educational systems on attitudes or democratic values. This contribution focuses on the impact of the organization of education in European societies on the civic attitudes of adolescents. Design/methodology/approach: We explore the impact of academic segregation – the practice of segregating children on the basis of their scholastic achievement – on attitudes of adolescents living in different educational systems. We use the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (2009) relying on multilevel models.Findings: Pupils differ in their outlook on fellow citizens, according to the ways in which educational systems select and differentiate throughout school careers. More specifically, there is a negative impact of academic segreg.... http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/832

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Segregation and Socialization: Academic Segregation and Citizenship Attitudes of Adolescents in Comparative Perspective? ; day:08 ; month:07 ; year:2017 ; Journal of social science education ; (08.07.2017)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Kavadias, Dimokritos ; Hemmerechts, Kenneth ; Spruyt, Bram

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/jsse-832
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019011816471012753383
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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