ICCS 2016 Fact Sheet

Long title
International Civic and Citizenship Education Study
Frequency of data collection
Irregular
Previous cycles
2009
Schedule
  • 2013–2014: framework revision and instrument development
  • 2014 (October–November): field trial
  • 2015 (October–December): main data collection, Southern Hemisphere
  • 2016 (March–April): main data collection, Northern Hemisphere
  • 2017 (November): release of international and European regional reports
  • 2018 (1st quarter): release of international database, Latin American regional report, and technical report
Objectives
  • The study investigated the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their role as adult citizens in a range of countries (and regions) in the second decade of the 21st century.
  • It addressed both the enduring and emerging challenges of educating young people in a world where contexts of democracy and civic participation continue to change.
  • These included the increase in the use of social media by young people as a tool for civic engagement, growing concerns about global threats and sustainable development, and growing recognition of the role of schools in fostering peaceful ways of interaction among young people.
  • The study also investigated aspects related to civic and citizenship education of specific relevance in the European region and the Latin American region.
Research questions
  • How is civic and citizenship education implemented in participating countries?
  • What is the extent and variation of students’ civic knowledge within and across participating countries?
  • What is the extent of students’ engagement in different spheres of society and which factors within or across countries are related to it?
  • What beliefs do students in participating countries hold regarding important civic issues in modern society and what are the factors influencing their variation?
  • How are schools in the participating countries organized with regard to civic and citizenship education and what is its association with students’ learning outcomes?
Assessment domain(s)
  • Civic education
Study framework (summary)

The civic and citizenship framework

Content domains

  • Civic society and systems
  • Civic principles
  • Civic participation
  • Civic identities

Affective-behavioral domains

  • Attitudes
  • Engagement

Cognitive domains

  • Knowing
  • Reasoning and applying

 

Contexts for civic and citizenship education

The wider community

  • Educational system
  • Local community
  • School-community relationships

Schools and classrooms

  • School contexts and characteristics
  • Teacher background and perceptions of school and classrooms
  • Student perceptions of school and classrooms

Home and peer environments

Student characteristics

Participating entities
INTERNATIONAL STUDY

Numbers

24 education systems

 

List

Belgium (Flemish), Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), Hong Kong SAR, Italy, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Russian Federation, Slovenia and Sweden

 

REGIONAL PARTS - EUROPEAN

Numbers

15 education systems

 

List

Belgium (Flemish), Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), Finland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden

 

REGIONAL PARTS - LATIN AMERICAN

Numbers

5 education systems

 

List

Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Peru

Target population and sample (summary)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY

Target population

  • Students enrolled in the eighth grade, provided that the average age of students in this grade was 13.5 years or above at the time of the assessment; in countries where the average age of students in Grade 8 was less than 13.5 years, Grade 9 was defined as the target population.

  • Teachers teaching regular classes at the target grade level

 

Sample

Approximately 94,000 students and 37,000 teachers from about 3,800 schools in 24 countries.

 

REGIONAL PARTS - EUROPEAN

Sample

Approximately 53,000 students in their eighth year of schooling in 14 European countries and one benchmarking participant (the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia).

 

REGIONAL PARTS - LATIN AMERICAN

Sample

Approximately 25,000 students in their eighth year of schooling in almost 900 schools from five Latin American countries.

Data collection techniques and instruments (summary)

Student test of civic knowledge

 

Questionnaires

  • Student questionnaire
  • Teacher questionnaire
  • School questionnaire
  • National context survey (online questionnaire)
Initiator
Study director(s)
Study website(s)
Contact

IEA

Keizersgracht 311

1016 EE Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 20 625 3625

Fax: +31 20 420 7136

E-mail: secretariat@iea.nl

URL: http://www.iea.nl

 

ICCS 2016 International Study Center

ICCS International Study Centre at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

19 Prospect Hill Rd

Camberwell VIC 3124

Australia

Phone: +61 3 9277 5555

Fax: +61 3 9277 5500

E-mail: iccs@acer.edu.au

URL: https://iccs.acer.org/

 

ICCS 2016 International Project Coordination Center

IEA Hamburg

Überseering 27, 22297

Hamburg, Germany

E-mail: iccs@iea-hamburg.de