Insight into the citizenship of students is typically gained via surveys. However, social desirability always plays a role in self-reporting. The relationship between social desirability and citizenship is multi-interpretable. In this article, two views on the divergence and convergence of citizenship and social desirability are presented leading to different assumptions regarding the relations...

This paper charts the ways in which schools in Australia have traditionally served the needs of the nation state in terms of civics and citizenship education. A brief historical overview provides a platform for developing a tripartite model of this process which sees civics and citizenship education being developed through (i) the structures of schooling (ii) the cultures and processes of schoo...

Despite widespread attention to citizenship in educational practice, knowledge of the citizenship of students is still fragmented. We therefore present a comprehensive framework to integrate empirical data and theoretical insights into the citizenship of young people today. To develop and validate the framework, we conducted exploratory and confirmative factor analyses on measures of citizenshi...

INTRODUCTION The effective citizenship education is, certainly one of the most important concerns of educational systems all around the world. The conducted researches in both developing & developed countries prove that the educational authorities in these states among their other activities have given the priority to the education of “good citizens” through developing various educational progr...

the aim of this study was to determine the relationship of psychological empowerment, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior in physical education teachers in iran high schools and to determine which dimensions of these variables increase organizational citizenship behavior. 330 physical education teachers were selected using multistage cluster random sampling method....

new millennium began when half of world population is living in the cities. predictions represent that the proportion of citizenship will reach to 65 percent by 2050. one the phenomena affected by living in the cities is citizenship. citizenship phenomenon is one of the phenomena that in in the era of social political evolution in the world have received much attention. presentation of theories...

Educational undertakings are subject to disjunctures at three separate stages: in the creation of curricular programmes, in the implementation of these curricula in practice and in their effects on students. These disjunctures are the result of complex `leaps' between ends and means, and between ideal and real. This article proposes a response in the form of `seamless enactment', applied here t...

In the European context Active citizenship has been promoted within the education andtraining Lisbon Strategy as a tool to support the continuation of democracy, human rightsand greater social inclusion. In this article we analyse the impact of education on ActiveCitizenship and contribute to the existing debates relating to education levels andparticipation. Our results uniform...