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3. A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials

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Donbavand, Steven and Hoskins, Bryony

Subjects
citizenship education, controlled trials, civic education, political engagement
Abstract

Citizenship Education could play a pivotal role in creating a fairer society in which all groups participate equally in the political progress. But strong causal evidence of which educational techniques work best to create political engagement is lacking. This paper presents the results of a systematic review of controlled trials within the field based on transparent search protocols. It finds 25 studies which use controlled trials to test causal claims between Citizenship Education programs and political engagement outcomes. The studies identified largely confirm accepted ideas, such as the importance of participatory methods, whole school approaches, teacher training, and doubts over whether knowledge alone or online engagement necessarily translate into behavioral change. But the paucity of identified studies also points both to the difficulties of attracting funding for controlled trials which investigate Citizenship Education as a tool for political engagement and real epistemological tensions within the discipline itself.

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2021
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6. Citizenship Educational Policy: A Case of Russophone Minority in Estonia.

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Kunitsõn, Nikolai, Kalev, Leif, Liu, Liyuan, Donbavand, Steven, Hoskins, Bryony, Janmaat, Jan Germen, and Kavadias, Dimokritos

Subjects
EDUCATION policy, CITIZENSHIP education, CURRICULUM, EQUALITY
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In the contemporary era, societies are divided, and political polarization is increasing. One of the most powerful instruments the government can use is general standard education, specifically citizenship education. We will look at the case of Estonia, because Estonia's main political cleavage is the ethnic cleavage between the Estonian and the Russophone community. Our main research question is as follows: How would it be possible to use democratic citizenship education to decrease in the future the socio-economic inequality between different communities in Estonia? We will outline the context of ethnic socio-economic inequality in Estonia and show how these differences have been at least partially influenced by the current education system in Estonia and how citizenship education can be used to reduce these inequalities in the future. We will conduct an empirical analysis of the curriculum, and this will be followed by semi-structured qualitative interviews. In the discussion, we will make suggestions to the current Estonian citizenship education policy and offer various insights into tackling this issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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7. Measuring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Active Citizenship Education Programmes to Support Disadvantaged Youth.

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Liu, Liyuan, Donbavand, Steven, Hoskins, Bryony, Janmaat, Jan Germen, Kavadias, Dimokritos, and Liu, Liyuan

Subjects
Education, Humanities, Brussels, European Union, adolescents, citizenship, citizenship competences, citizenship education, civic education, classroom climate, controlled trials, democracy, democratic citizenship, design-based research, differentiation, digital simulation game, disadvantaged youth, discrimination, diversity, educational effectiveness, empirical research, hard-to-reach learners, inequality, learning environment, minority education, n/a, political engagement, school as practice ground, school policies, simulation game, social cohesion, social polarization, teaching practices, violence, vocational transition system
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Summary: This edited volume focuses on measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of diverse formal and informal educational programmes and activities across Europe. This publication contributes to the field by offering more empirical evidence as to the effective ways in which education can reduce social gaps in civic and political engagement. As editors, we prioritised the contributions of early-career researchers and those who have adopted fresh approaches and topics and highlighted helpful strategies to improve social equality and provide a more equitable distribution of learning resources among underprivileged groups. After two years' close collaboration among academic editors, journal editors and authors, this Special Issue has finally been released in 2021 with eight papers. Inter alia, three papers focus on the school's role in developing young people's citizenship competences, such as knowledge, skills, interests and attitudes towards diversity. Two articles explore exclusion/minority groups cases, indicating valuable lessons for developing tailored educational materials and/or activities for hard-to-reach groups. As a unique contribution, two more papers emphasise experimental studies: the paper written by Steven Donbavand and Bryony Hoskins provides a comprehensive and systematic review of all the experimental designs on promoting political participation, whereas the submission written by Sven Ivens and Monika Oberle unpacks some details on how a digital intervention operates and improves to produce satisfying outcomes.

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