Effective civic education: An educational effectiveness model for explaining students' civic knowledge

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-333

  Isac, Maria Magdalena ^a   Maslowski, Ralf ^a   van der Werf, Greetje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizenship education; Civic knowledge; Educational effectiveness model; International comparative study; Secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960883299     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2011.571542     Document Type: Article

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