1st Edition
Civic Learning for Alienated, Disaffected and Disadvantaged Students Barriers, Issues and Lessons
1. Civic learning for alienated, disaffected and disadvantaged students: measurement, theory and practice: An Intoduction
Xiaoxue Kuang, Jinxin Zhu and Kerry J. Kennedy
2. How do schools affect inequalities in political participation: compensation of social disadvantage or provision of differential access?
Daniel Deimel, Bryony Hoskins and Hermann J. Abs
3. Ideological composition of the classroom: testing the effects of polarization on perceptions of open classroom climate among students in five countries
Ryan T. Knowles
4. Civic knowledge and open classroom discussion: explaining tolerance of corruption among 8th-grade students in Latin America
Diego Carrasco, Robin Banerjee, Ernesto Treviño and Cristóbal Villalobos
5. Immigrant students in Denmark: why are they disadvantaged in civic learning?
Jinxin Zhu and Ming Ming Chiu
6. Social pressure for religious conformity and anti-gay sentiment among Muslim and Christian youth.
Filip Van Droogenbroeck and Bram Spruyt
Biography
Xiaoxue Kuang is Lecturer at Dongguan University of Technology, China. She was formerly at the Assessment Research Centre, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jinxin Zhu is Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China. He was formerly affiliated to the Assessment Research Centre, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kerry J. Kennedy is Emeritus Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
