Educator Rights and Political Participation

Reconsidering the effects of education on political participation.

Civic Organizations and the Political Participation of Cross ...

In this paper, I take advantage of uniquely rich data on one statewide union—of educators—in one relatively conservative, long-time right-to- ...

Promoting Teacher Civic Engagement | Social Studies

All forms of activism reflect a core tenet of social studies: the inherent belief that any citizen can engage in civic discourse and political action. The ...

The Worrisome Impact of Skewed Portrayals of Citizenship and ...

Textbooks Emphasize Rights and Discourage Political Participation ... Analyses of U.S. high school civics textbooks reveal an overwhelming ...

Education, Inequality, and Political Behavior

Education increases political participation. Research on political participation has consistently revealed a robust and positive relationship ...

Teaching the Power of Local Political Participation -

I have found that once students learn more about what local government does and how to get involved, local politics provide a great opportunity ...

Treading carefully: the environment and political participation in ...

When contemplating engaging with political activity, teachers tended to report steering away from manifest political participation, while civil ...

The Impact of Civic Education Programmes on Political Participation

... education programmes, programmes that provide instruction about the social and political rights of women, neighbourhood problem-solving programmes that ...

The New Education Politics in the United States | Annual Reviews

We illuminate the distinctive institutional and policy context of US education politics and review new research in the field, including growing evidence of ...

Can Political Participation Be Taught? (Opinion) - Education Week

Student participation can actually enhance policy debates by forcing adults to avoid jargon, provide background information, and explain their ...

the effect of education on civic and political engagement in ...

In particular, education significantly increases interest in politics, political knowledge, and basic forms of political participation, including voting and ...

Education for Civic and Political Participation: A Critical Approach -

Participation as an element of active citizenship in democracies is a key project of international and national educational policy.

Unveiling the role of political education for political participation in ...

The study's findings could support this theory by showing that political education enhances political efficacy, which in turn increases political participation.

OHCHR and equal participation in political and public affairs

The right to participate in political and public life is important in empowering individuals and groups, and is essential to eliminate marginalization and ...

The Role of Civic Education

Members of the political community are its citizens, hence citizenship in a democracy is membership in the body politic. Membership implies participation, but ...

Why educate voters? - the United Nations

In every election, voter and civic education are necessary to ensure that all constituents—men and women alike—understand their rights, their political system, ...

When does education increase political participation? Evidence ...

Education increases political participation primarily when democracy is threatened, when support for democratic institutions among educated individuals is also ...

the role of higher education in defining the political participation of ...

For over 50 years, scholars have found that better-educated citizens are more likely to vote in elections and participate in political campaigns ...

Political participation and financial education - ScienceDirect.com

The paper documents a positive association between political participation, measured by the number of citizens voting at national elections, ...

Learning by doing: The impact of experiencing democracy in ...

Therefore, democratic engagement in school or university increases the likelihood of voting in national elections (hypothesis 1) and ...