00. Central & EERA Sessions
Research Workshop
ICCS 2022 – How to Analyze Secondary Students’ Civic Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Democracy
Ana María Mejía-Rodríguez, Sabine Meinck
IEA, Germany
Presenting Author: Mejía-Rodríguez, Ana María;
Meinck, Sabine
The primary objective of this workshop is to explore how data from international assessments can be used for research regarding outcomes and contexts of civic and citizenship education. The workshop will put emphasis on how data from studies conducted by the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) could provide further insights for policy and practice.
As a leading organization in the field of educational research for more than 60 years, the IEA promotes capacity building and knowledge sharing to facilitate innovation and foster quality in education. IEA studies approach the reality of educational learning outcomes in its complexity by collecting a huge variety of background information that can be related to students’ achievement, knowledge, and attitudes.
This workshop will introduce participants to the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2022. The ICCS 2022 database was published in February 2024 and provides a fresh and rich source for secondary research of outcomes related to civic and citizenship education (CCE) across the world, and in particular in Europe with more than 21 European countries and education systems participating. ICCS 2022 is the 3rd cycle of IEA’s study on CCE, following the administrations in 2009 and 2016.
The workshop will include an overview of ICCS, covering its background, conceptual framework and design. It will present some key findings from the 2022 data collection. Participants will be introduced to the survey instruments and database, and be provided with access paths to data sources, technical documentation, analysis guides and software tools. There will also be a presentation about available variables such as students’ civic knowledge, their attitudes towards civic principles and democratic values, characteristics of teachers of that student cohort, and class- and school-level learning contexts.
With this information, participants will formulate and discuss research questions that can be addressed with ICCS 2022 data. The instructors will be available to mentor the development of research ideas and design as well as to answer data related and technical questions. Research questions from individual attendants will be presented to all participants in order to provide opportunities to share ideas.
No prior knowledge about large-scale international studies is required. Basic knowledge about statistical analysis is not required but is an advantage.
Methodology, Methods, Research Instruments or Sources Used- Introduction (20 mins)
- ICCS (20 mins)
- Group work (40 mins)
- Break (10 mins)
- Example Analysis (20 mins)
- Group work (60 mins)
- Summary & closing (10 mins)
Conclusions, Expected Outcomes or Findings.
ReferencesAfana, Y., Brese, F., Kowolik, H., Cortes, D., & Schulz, W. (forthcoming). ICCS 2022 user guide for the international database. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
Schulz, W., Ainley, J., Fraillon, J., Losito, B., Agrusti, G., Damiani, V., & Friedman, T. (2024). Education for Citizenship in Times of Global Challenge. The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2022 International Report. Cham: Springer.
Schulz, W., Fraillon, J., Losito, B., Agrusti, G., Ainley, J., Damiani, V., & Friedman, T. (2023). IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2022 assessment framework. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20113-4
Schulz, W., Friedman, T., Fraillon, J., & Losito, B. (forthcoming). ICCS 2022 technical report. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
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