The Case of Cyprus and Germany. Results of the IEA Civic Education Study

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  • Constantinos Papanastasiou
  • Mary Koutselini
  • Elena Papanastasiou

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https://doi.org/10.4119/jsse-298

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This paper explores how democratic values are stimulated by predictors related to family and school. We began by posing a simple question: How can we best explain students' democratic values in relation to their home backgrounds, school-class climate, political environment, political interest and participation of students in social activities? To answer this, we chose to elaborate on a model comparing various background factors. Both models (cf. figures 2 and 3) seem to indicate that school climate has a huge effect on political environment and political interest. Here, political environment has a stronger effect on social participation than political interest. Although Germany and Cyprus have many differences, the actual models for both countries are almost identical.

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Published

2003-08-25

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Papanastasiou, C. ., Koutselini, M. ., & Papanastasiou, E. . (2003). The Case of Cyprus and Germany. Results of the IEA Civic Education Study. JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.4119/jsse-298

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