Does Citizenship Education Make Young People Better-Engaged Citizens?
Does Citizenship Education Make Young People Better-Engaged Citizens?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9248.2011.00931.x
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发表时间：
2012-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Jonathan Tonge;A. Mycock;Bob Jeffery
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作者：
Jonathan Tonge;A. Mycock;Bob Jeffery
自2002年以来，公民教育一直是英格兰中学课程的必修内容。然而，由于政党之间对这种教学的效用存在争议，其未来可能不确定。此外，人们对公民资格课程的广度、目标和范围表示严重关切。关于良好公民意识是否可以教授的问题缺乏明确性，关于良好公民意识是否可以或应该超越支持公民参与（志愿服务）和改善公民（政治）活动的问题也存在争议。本文评估了引入公民身份的动机，以及它在多大程度上已成为一系列新兴政策挑战的政治化灵丹妙药。然后，使用调查数据收集的青年公民委员会，成立于前政府，以鼓励社区和民主参与的年轻人，文章测试公民教育是否正在使不同的年轻人在公民和政治领域的参与。它评估了哪些类别的年轻人受到公民教育的影响最大，哪些仍然不受公民教育的影响。
Citizenship education has been a compulsory feature of the curriculum in secondary schools in England since 2002. However, its future may be uncertain amid inter-party disputes over the utility of such teaching. Moreover, there are substantial concerns over the breadth, aims and reach of the Citizenship curriculum. There is a lack of clarity over whether good citizenship can be taught and dispute over whether it can or should go beyond bolstering civil engagement (volunteering) and improving civic (political) activity. This article assesses the motivations for the introduction of Citizenship and the extent to which it has become a politicised panacea to a range of emerging policy challenges. Then, using survey data gathered for the Youth Citizenship Commission, established under the previous government to encourage community and democratic participation by young people, the article tests whether citizenship education is making a difference to the engagement of young people in the civil and political spheres. It assesses which categories of young people have been most influenced by – and which remain impervious to – citizenship education.