Citizenship initiatives and pupil values: a case study of one Scottish school's experience

As the education for citizenship agenda continues to impact on schools, there is a need to discuss and examine the kind of initiatives that can push it forward. In Scotland the proposals should, it is argued, permeate the curriculum throughout the school. Yet there is the fear that the responsibilit...

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Published in:Educational review (Birmingham) 2010-11, Vol.62 (4), p.391-406
Main Author: Maitles, Henry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Studies
Citizen Participation
Citizenship
Citizenship Education
Classroom discussion
Cultural values
Curricula
Curriculum development
curriculum initiatives
Education
Ethnic Diversity
Foreign Countries
Gender
Gender Differences
Immigration
Political Attitudes
Pretests Posttests
Program Effectiveness
Questionnaires
Racial Attitudes
school education
Schools
Scotland
Secondary School Students
Secondary schools
Social Justice
United Kingdom
Values
Values Education
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Summary:As the education for citizenship agenda continues to impact on schools, there is a need to discuss and examine the kind of initiatives that can push it forward. In Scotland the proposals should, it is argued, permeate the curriculum throughout the school. Yet there is the fear that the responsibility of all can become the responsibility of none. This research is designed to examine the impact on the young people involved on a dedicated and intense citizenship programme in one large secondary (high) school in Scotland. The results suggest that there was a marked change in the general values of the young people involved. Further, that there are some stark gender differences in the findings.
ISSN:0013-1911
1465-3397
DOI:10.1080/00131911003734662