This article develops a composite indicator to monitor the levels of civic competence of young people in Europe using the IEA ICCS 2009 study. The measurement model combines the traditions in Europe of liberal, civic republican and critical/cosmopolitan models of citizenship. The results indicate that social justice values and citizenship knowledge and skills of students are facilitated within ...

Sociologists mostly treat age-at-arrival as a dichotomous variable whereas economists often approach it as a continuous variable. This article extends this debate by addressing a set of political behaviours that has mostly been the purview of political scientists. Analysing restricted, geocoded data from the National Survey of Latinos on Politics and Civic Participation, this article examines h...

Service learning is increasingly being used as a pedagogical strategy for promoting the development of civic-mindedness among university students. Despite the use of this strategy, little is known about the benefits derived from specific types of service-learning experiences. Additionally, few notable studies have examined the unique outcomes experienced by mentors of at-risk youth. Therefore, ...

Across Europe, the concept of 'key competences' has gained importance in recent years both at policy and school level. Key competences are considered essential skills and attitudes for young Europeans to succeed not only in today's economy and modern society but also in their personal lives. They are defined at EU level and comprise the following: 1) ability to readily and easily communicate in...

This paper argues that AIED (Artificial Intelligence in Education) can promote social inclusion by focusing on civic engagement. By teaching the skills of policy reasoning, journalism, and activism, AIED techniques can be used to train an alert and knowledgeable citizenry that can in turn demand policies that promote social inclusion. Unlike the AIED export approach in which we adapt AIED techn...

The challenge for education in the twenty-first century is to prepare students to use information in the workplace, in their personal lives, and as responsible citizens. The report of the ALA Presidential Committee on Information Literacy recommends restructuring the learning process to involve students more actively. “Such a restructuring of the learning process will not only enhance the criti...

This ethnographic study took place in a graduate course at a large research university in the Midwestern United States. It presents an in-depth examination of the experiences and challenges of a group of four students learning to be Instructional Design and Technology professionals who are concerned with the well-being of all members of a society, and wish to utilize their knowledge and skills ...

Service learning, which integrates community service into coursework, provides a pedagogical intervention that can promote the civic growth of students in unique and powerful ways. Research is reviewed that documents the capacity of service learning to meet learning objectives associated with a conceptual framework that focuses on the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of a civic-minded colleg...

Numerous scholars have concluded that there is a correlation between use of social network sites (SNS), particularly for news and information acquisition or community building, and the likelihood for e-Participation. This paper examines how the use of Facebook affects the participative behaviours of individuals active in political and interest organizations and those not active in organized pol...