Reykowski Receives Sanford Award

Students’ perceptions of public institutions and government

“…among young people in Chile and Colombia was similar to the average level of trust among students across all CIVED countries (Torney-Purta, Lehmann, Oswald, & Schulz, 2001). Use of a similar item American students tended to express relatively lower levels of trust in political parties, courts of justice, and the police, but much higher levels of trust in schools (Schulz et al, 2011).…”

Students’ attitudes toward important issues in society

“…Attitudes toward gender equality have been a focus of IEA research on civic education ever since students' attitudes toward women's political rights using an extended set of three positively and three negatively worded items (Torney-Purta et al, 2001). Female students in that study tended to practices that tend to reduce the gap between males and females.…”

“…Gathering data on students' views of democracy has been a key aspect of all IEA studies of civic characteristics of society as either "good or bad for democracy. " The responses to this question showed students regarding some of the characteristics quite differently across participating countries (see Husfeldt & Nikolova, 2003;Torney-Purta, Lehmann, Oswald, & Schulz, 2001). also included three items that asked students to what extent they thought governments should impose restrictions on personal rights in response to groups that pose threats to national security.…”

School contexts for civic and citizenship education

“…helping students understand the advantages of democratic values and practices (see, for example, Hooghe & Quintelier, 2013). The CIVED survey included a set of six items that asked students how open they thought their classroom was open to discussion during their civic education lessons (Torney-Purta, Lehmann, Oswald, & Schulz, 2001). The derived index was a positive predictor of civic knowledge and of students' expectations to vote as an adult (Schulz, 2005).…”