Aspects of students’ civic engagement

Abstract

Television news and discussions with parents remained important sources of information for students engaging with political and social issues. €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ • In most countries, students were talking more frequently than previously with their parents about what was happening in other countries. (Table 4.1) • Students' use of new social media for civic engagement remained limited but varied across participating countries. (Table 4.2) • Students who reported high levels of interest in political and social issues were the students most likely to discuss these issues. (Table 4.5) most interested in civic issues. There were no consistent associations between civic engagement and civic knowledge. (Table 4.7) While few changes were apparent in the extent of students' participation at school, students €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ • Students' willingness to participate at school was higher among females and among students who expressed higher levels of interest in social and political issues. (Table 4.12) Students' participation in voluntary activities and their expectations of engaging in elections €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ • While the data analyses showed no associations between participation in legal protest activities and civic knowledge, the students who expected to participate in illegal protest activities were those most likely to have low levels of civic knowledge. (Tables 4.15, 4.16) • Expected active political participation was higher among students who said they were interested in civic-related issues but lower among students with higher levels of civic knowledge. (Table 4.20)