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Why Does Democracy Need Education? [PDF]

Across countries, education and democracy are highly correlated. We motivate empirically and then model a causal mechanism explaining this correlation.
Andrei Shleifer, Edward Glaeser, Giacomo Ponzetto   +2 more
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Civic Identities, Online Technologies: From Designing Civics Curriculum to Supporting Civic Experiences [PDF]

, 2008
Part of the Volume on Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth.Youth today are often criticized for their lack of civic participation and involvement in political life.
Marina Umaschi Bers
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Orchestration of Climate Action in Municipalities: A Collective Capacity Approach

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Municipalities are increasingly positioned as key actors in enabling local climate action, yet their ability to mobilise societal actors remains insufficiently understood. This study examines how municipal officials in six Finnish municipalities from different local contexts understand and operationalise collective capacity for climate action,
Maija Faehnle, Hanna Nieminen, Jani P. Lukkarinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Public Voice for Youth: The Audience Problem in Digital Media and Civic Education [PDF]

, 2008
Part of the Volume on Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth.Students should have opportunities to create digital media in schools.
Peter Levine
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The Global Epilepsy Needs Study (GENS): A mixed‐methods, multi‐country exploration of the unmet psychosocial and everyday needs of people with epilepsy

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective While epilepsy research has largely focused on medical management and clinical outcomes, less attention has been given to the unmet psychosocial and everyday needs of people with epilepsy (PWE), particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Gus A. Baker, Sandeep Kumar Bagga, Donna Walsh, Claire Nolan, Shivani Sharma, Charlotte Hooker, Pepa Gonzalez Parrao, Francesca Sofia, J. Helen Cross, Ma. Marta Bertone, Ivana García, Adam Jallow Janneh, Alison Kukla, Elvira Vacas Montero, Ding Ding, Latica Friedrich, Lecio Figueira Pinto, Gagandeep Singh, Chahnez Charfi Triki, Leya Raj, Allan Reese, on behalf of GENS Collaborators, Naziya Anzari, Alicia Bogacz, Martin Brodie, Heather Brooks, Nicole Coulthard, Laura Dickson, Laura Maria de Figueiredo Ferreira Guilhoto, Anchor Hung, John Nute Jabang, Boram Lee, Kheng‐Seang Lim, Rebecca Lisle, Anita Mago, Sharon Mbugua, Bindu Menon, Sarah Nekesa, Youssouf Noormamode, Per Olesen, Kris Pierce, Dzenana Rustempasic, Jitendra K. Sahu, Ana Sruk, Christa Studzinski, Nirmal Surya, Maria Alice Susemihl, Laura Weidner, Samuel Wiebe, Andrea Wilkinson, Leonie Wollscheid, Ian Wong, Bernadette Zappa   +52 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Existence of Civic Dispositions in Junior High School Students: A Preliminary Study in Civic Education

Jurnal Kewarganegaraan
Civic disposition plays a crucial role in shaping students into responsible and active citizens, but its characteristics in the school environment require further study.
Sukron Mazid, Atsani Wulansari, Kokom Komalasari, Aim Abdulkarim, Rahmat, Beti Indah Sari, Arum Nisma Wulanjani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mediating Role of Ethnic Identity and Social Justice Orientation Between Community Civic Participation, Psychological Sense of Community, and Dimensions of Psychological Empowerment Among Adolescents of Color. [PDF]

Urban Rev, 2021
Lardier DT, Opara I, Garcia-Reid P, Reid RJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

Stand Up, Speak Out: Stimulating Dissent in Social Justice Teacher Education

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher education should not only prepare student teachers for their role in the existing educational system but also equip them to critically question and reform that system when confronted with injustice. We advocate for dissent in the future of teacher education.
Koen Hoondert, Milou Munsters, Karen van der Eng‐Özcan, Bjorn Wansink, Larike Bronkhorst   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Social Media on Civic Engagement [PDF]

, 2013
“The most serious danger Americans now face, greater than terrorism, is that our country’s future may not end up in the hands of a citizenry capable of sustaining the liberty that has been America’s most precious legacy.” (Damon, 2011) According to many,
Ghosh, Rajani
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