EFFECTS OF ACTION LEARNING, CONCEPT-MAPPING, AND VALUE CLARIFICATION STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TO ICT CONCEPTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND CIVIC EDUCATION IN RURAL LEARNING ECOLOGIES

Author(s):  
Olugbenga Ige ◽  
Olusayo Ige
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miikka Korventausta ◽  
Tero Järvinen ◽  
Tomi Jaakkola ◽  
Marjaana Veermans

Artikkelissa raportoitavan tutkimuksen kohteena on peruskoulun yhteiskuntaopin opetuksen yhteys nuorten poliittiseen kiinnittymiseen, joka jaetaan tutkimuksessa neljään ulottuvuuteen: poliittiseen kiinnostukseen, poliittiseen tietämykseen ja itsearvioon tietämyksestä, poliittiseen osallistumishalukkuuteen sekä politiikkaa koskeviin käsityksiin. Tutkimusaineistona on peruskoulun yläkouluikäisten nuorten vastaukset poliittista kiinnittymistä mittaavaan kyselyyn kahtena eri ajankohtana. Osallistujat olivat ensimmäisen mittauksen aikana kahdeksannella luokalla (n = 67) ja toisen mittauksen aikana yhdeksännellä luokalla (n = 63). Nuoret opiskelivat mittausten välillä lukuvuoden ajan yhteiskuntaoppia ensimmäistä kertaa koulu-urallaan. Tulosten mukaan nuorten poliittinen kiinnostus, tietämys ja itsearvio tietämyksestä olivat 9. luokalla tilastollisesti korkeampia kuin 8. luokalla. Osallistumishalukkuudessa ei havaittu eroja ikäryhmien välillä, ja politiikkaa koskevien käsitysten osalta eroja ilmeni yhden väitteen kohdalla. 8.-luokkalaiset pitivät kotia tärkeimpänä lähteenä oppia tietoja yhteiskunnallisten asioiden ymmärtämiseksi, kun taas 9.-luokkalaisille koulu oli keskeisin tietolähde yhteiskunnallisten asioiden oppimisessa. Tulosten mukaan koulu näyttäisi onnistuvan yhteiskunnallisen kasvatuksen tavoitteissaan vain osittain. Jatkossa olisi tärkeää kiinnittää huomiota siihen, miten koulussa voitaisiin tukea tiedollisten sisältöjen oppimisen lisäksi nuorten yhteiskunnallista osallistumista edistävien valmiuksien omaksumista.   Social studies and political engagement in lower secondary school Abstract In this article, interest is directed at the connection between the teaching of social studies subject at school and young people’s political engagement. In the present study, political engagement is seen as consisting of the following four dimensions: the political interest, political knowledge and self-assessment of political knowledge, willingness to participate, and perceptions of politics. The study data consists of two surveys targeted at lower secondary school students. The study participants were in the 8th grade during the first measurement (n = 67), and in the 9th grade during the second measurement (n = 63). The participants studied social studies for one school year between the measurements. The results showed that students’ political interest, knowledge and self-assessment of knowledge were statistically higher in the 9th grade than they were in the 8th grade. No differences were observed between the age groups concerning willingness to participate, and differences in the perceptions of politics were observed for one claim. While among 8th graders home circle was seen as the most important source to learn about society and politics, in the responses of the 9th graders the most important source of knowledge was school. According to results, it seems that school is successful in its task of civic education only partly. We suggest that in the future it would be important to pay more attention to support not only the gaining of political knowledge, but also to promote the development of the qualities needed in active societal participation. Keywords: social studies, political engagement, youth, civic education  


Author(s):  
Chien-Wen Chuang ◽  
Gwo-Jen Hwang ◽  
Wen-Jen Tsai

Concept maps are well recognized as being an effective tool for helping students organize and construct their knowledge. However, previous studies have also indicated the difficulty encountered by young students in concept mapping. Therefore, how to provide an efficient strategy for enhancing students' learning achievement using concept mapping is worth studying. The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of the peer tutoring-based concept mapping approach on students' learning performance. A 5-week experiment was conducted in an elementary school social studies course in southern Taiwan. The participants were two classes of fifth graders. One class was the experimental group consisting of 33 students provided with a computerized concept map learning model based on peer tutoring, whereas the other class was the control group consisting of 32 students learning with a conventional computerized concept mapping approach. It was found that the learning achievements and the concept map scores of the students who learned with the peer-tutoring strategy were significantly higher than those students who learned with the conventional computerized concept mapping approach. Meanwhile, the result also indicated that the innovative approach is significantly helpful for improving the students' learning attitudes and technology acceptance levels.


2019 ◽  
Vol X (4 (29)) ◽  
pp. 107-133
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Wereszczyńska

The article outlines the activity of the publisher of Społeczeństwo Otwarte magazine which was issued from 1990 to 1998. At that time, it was the only national magazine which dealt with the range of meanings which in the Polish schools and education realized by teachers should have been combined with democracy, forming of the citizens as well as social science. On the basis of the conducted analysis of the aforementioned monthly, selected issues are presented devoted to the area of civic education, democracy, social order and self-governance published by its editors in order to support the teachers in their self-education and competence enhancement which is necessary in educating the students towards life in a democratic society. Key words: civic education, social studies, democracy, social order, self-governance, Społeczeństwo Otwarte [The Open Society] – the magazine analysis


Daedalus ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Hall Jamieson

This essay explores the value and state of civics education in the United States and identifies five challenges facing those seeking to improve its quality and accessibility: 1) ensuring that the quality of civics education is high is not a state or federal priority; 2) social studies textbooks do not facilitate the development of needed civic skills; 3) upper-income students are better served by our schools than are lower-income individuals; 4) cutbacks in funds available to schools make implementing changes in civics education difficult; and 5) reform efforts are complicated by the fact that civics education has become a pawn in a polarized debate among partisans.


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