Frank Reichert|Murray Print
Civic participation of high school students: the effect of civic learning in school
University of Hong Kong|University of Sydney
building active informed citizens major part civics citizenship education order enhance sustain democracies civic learning civic action opportunities within school contexts commonly claimed promote active informed citizenry present research examine meaning formal civics education role students participation range curricular extracurricular activities multilevel analyses yield quite stable results across two cohorts australian secondary students reveal schools account surprisingly small share students willingness participate future civic political action among influences student level formal civics learning participation student governance activities community significant predictors intended future participation effects vary conditional whether conventional issuerelated civic participation focus active citizenship implications findings democratic policy practice discussed