the iea civic education study as a source for indicators of civic life skills judith torney-purta...
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The IEA Civic Education Study as a Source for Indicators of
Civic Life Skills
Judith Torney-Purta Carolyn Barber Gary Homana
Britt Wilkenfeld University of Maryland, College
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Outline of the Presentation:
• Criteria for indicators of civic life skills and examples of issues– in the U.S.; in Europe
• The IEA Civic Education Study data base – data collection, primary and secondary
analysis
• New approaches to indicators tailored to audiences– Academics and researchers– Policy-makers – General Public
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IEA Civic Education Study
• Early 1990s– IEA’s member countries decided to go beyond science, math,
and reading assessments to conduct a knowledge and attitudinal study of civic-related outcomes.
• Mid-1990s Civ-Ed Phase 1– An international consensus process achieved agreement on
concepts for a test and survey.
• 1999 Civ-Ed Phase 2– Nationally representative samples of 14-year-olds were tested
in 28 countries – 90,000 students; nearly 2500 schools.
• 2001 to the Present – Data analyzed internationally and with special attention to U.S.
in comparative context.– Policy implications examined
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Countries Testing in Civic Education Study (at age 14)
• Australia, England, United States
• Belgium (French), Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland
• Hong Kong (SAR)• Denmark, Finland,
Norway, Sweden
• Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
• Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia
• Chile, Colombia
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Academics and Researchers as Audiences: • The importance of multi-dimensional
views of participation • Differences across 28 countries in
average performance on 3 indicators of expected participation
• Differences across 4 countries in the predictors of 3 types of expected participation
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Examples of Diverse Patterns in Three Types of Expected Participation Using IRT scales mean 10; SD 2:All countries above International Mean in Civic Skills
10.7
10.3
9.7
10.19.9
10.5
9.8 9.7
10.510.2
9.2 9.2
8.0
10.0
12.0
Greece U.S. Sweden Finland
Voting
Conv.Act.
Commun
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Summary of Multidimensional Patterns of Participation:• Southern countries (Latin America,
Greece, Cyprus, Portugal) high in expected participation;
• Northern European and most Post-Communist countries low in expected participation;
• However, considerable variation by dimension of participation.
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Summary of Differential Predictors of Multiple Participation Dimensions:• School-related variables predict
likelihood of voting in the future. – Civic knowledge, experiences at school
• Parent discussion and political interest but not school variables predict likelihood of joining a party in the future.
• Current volunteer activity but not school variables and not political interest predict likelihood of volunteering in the future.
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International and National Policy Makers as Audiences: • Modeling analysis that relates country-
level variables to students’ knowledge and attitudes
• Wide range of items and scales in the IEA data base and a nested sampling design make this feasible
• Choice of appropriate national or international indicators is key.
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Summary of Results on Knowledge Items:• Students in countries with stronger
civil/political rights– less likely to know about the Declaration of
Human Rights, but – more likely to know about the purpose of
the United Nations
• Students in countries paying more attention to human rights in intergovernmental dialogue are – more likely to know about the Convention
of the Rights of the Child
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Percent Correct on Question about the Convention on the Rights of the Child by Country’s Focus on Human Rights in Intergovernmental Dialogue:
79%82%
84%86%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0 1 2 3
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Summary of Attitudes toward Immigrants’ Rights: • Recent history of government issues
with human rights did not predict attitudes toward immigrants’ rights
• Alternate hypothesis: attitudes associated with the level of diversity in the country– Language, religious, ethnic and cultural
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Immigrant Attitudes by Religious Fractionalization
10.1
9.9
9
9.5
10
10.5
11
Low Frac High Frac
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3.3
2.8
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
Low Frac High Frac
StronglyAgree
StronglyDisagree
Attitudes toward Refugees by Religious Fractionalization
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Summary
• Students in more homogenous countries have more positive attitudes toward the rights of immigrants/refugees;
• Fractionalization is more significantly related to immigrant attitudes than the country’s human rights situation;
• Students who know more about human rights have more positive attitudes toward immigrants and refugees.
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The Public and Policy Makers as Audiences: • How do attitudes cohere in students?• What characteristics distinguish
clusters or typologies of adolescents in different countries?
• Is any substantial group of concern because of attitudes or expected behavior?
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Conv. Cit.
Soc. Cit.
Trust Gov't
Patriotism
Protectionism
Efficacy
Immig. Rights
Minor. Rights
Wom. Rights
Conventional/ Trusting Conventional/ Social Justice Moderate Alienated
U.S. Clusters
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Distribution of Cluster Membership in the United States:
37.1%
28.2%
4.1%
31.7%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Conv/Trust Conv/Justice Moderate Alienated
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Civic Knowledge Scores by Cluster Membership:
102.44
114.62
103.72
93.47
60.00
70.00
80.00
90.00
100.00
110.00
120.00
130.00
140.00
Conventional/Trusting
Conventional/Social Justice
ModeratelyEngaged
Alienated
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IRT Means on Four Expected Participation Dimensions by Cluster:
10.610.9
10.310.8
9.39.610.1
9.710.2
7.4
8.57.7
11.5
9.8
10.9 10.9
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
11.0
12.0
13.0
14.0
Voting Conventional Community Protest
Conventional/ Trusting Conventional/ Social Justice Moderately Engaged Alienated
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Percent Disagreeing that a Good Citizen “Obeys the Law” by Cluster Membership:
1.2 0.7
6.8
44.3
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
50.0
Conventional/Trusting
Conventional/ SocialJustice
Moderate Alienated
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Conv. Cit.
Soc. Cit.
Trust Gov't
Patriotism
Protectionism
Efficacy
Immig. Rights
Minor. Rights
Wom. Rights
Conventional Social Justice Trusting/ Patriotic Alienated
Sweden Clusters:
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Distribution of Cluster Membership in Sweden:
32.6%30.0%
20.7%17.5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Conventional Conv/Justice Trust/Patriotic Alienated
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Characterizing the Potential for Analysis in IEA Dataset:• Multiple levels
– Country and student
• Multiple student outcomes– Knowledge and different dimensions of attitudes
• Multiple categories of country predictors– Political and cultural/demographic
• Multiple types of analysis relating to indicators:– Patterns of dimensions by country– Predictors by country – Country-level predictors– Individual typologies or clusters