The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) investigates the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens in a range of countries in the second decade of the 21st century. ICCS 2016 is a continuation of a study initiated in 2009. This document outlines the framework and assessment design for the ICCS 2016. ICCS 2016 will report on student knowledge and understanding of key aspects of civics and citizenship, as well as student attitudes to, and engagement with, civic life. This survey is intended to respond to enduring and emerging…mehr
The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) investigates the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens in a range of countries in the second decade of the 21st century. ICCS 2016 is a continuation of a study initiated in 2009. This document outlines the framework and assessment design for the ICCS 2016.
ICCS 2016 will report on student knowledge and understanding of key aspects of civics and citizenship, as well as student attitudes to, and engagement with, civic life. This survey is intended to respond to enduring and emerging challenges of educating young people in a world where contexts of democracy and civic participation continue to change. New developments include the increase in the use of social media as a tool for civic engagement, growing concerns about global threats and sustainable development, as well as recognition of the role of schools in fostering peaceful ways of interaction between young people.
Valeria Damiani has a PhD in Education and is an Associate Professor at LUMSA University, Italy. She worked as a researcher for the second cycle of the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016 and was a member of the Joint Management Committee of ICCS 2022. Her research interests include civic and citizenship education, global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, educational research and social inclusion. Bruno Losito has a PhD in Education and was a full professor at Roma Tre University, Italy. He participated in several international comparative studies with research interests in civic and citizenship education, comparative studies, and assessment. He was the Italian national research coordinator and member of the international Steering Committee for CIVED 1999 and has been associate research director of ICCS (2009, 2016, and 2022). Gabriella Agrusti is a full professor at the Department of Humanities, LUMSA University, Italy. She received her Ph.D. in education from Roma Tre University, Italy where she became member of the Joint Management Committee for IEA ICCS since 2009 cycle. She is co-director of Cadmo. An International Journal of Educational Research (Indexed in SSCI Scopus). Her research interests are in the areas of civic and citizenship education, inference processing and assessment practices. Wolfram Schulz is Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research. He has high-level experience as leader of large-scale assessment programs and, as an author of numerous publications about international and national research, he is a leading expert in the field of international comparative research. His areas of research interest include civic and citizenship education, computer information literacy and assessment methodology.