Democracy and Me : Design and Evaluation of a Citizenship Education Program / / by Oke Heinrich Horstmann

• Autore: Horstmann Oke Heinrich
• Pubblicazione: Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2025.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (435 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.115+Z1920
• Soggetto topico: Political science - Study and teaching; Political sociology; Political Education; Political Sociology
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction and Objectives of the Study -- Theoretical Background -- Didactic Approach of the Program -- Research Questions and Hypotheses -- Design and Methodology of the Program -- Further Development of the Offering after Initial Practical Implementations -- Questionnaire Study -- Interview Study -- Final Discussion on the Program ‘Challenge Climate Change – How Do We Act in a Democracy? -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Funding -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, Oke Heinrich Horstmann explores how young people learn about democracy and their own role within it through out-of-school educational settings. The study is motivated by the political engagement of many youths, particularly in the context of the Fridays for Future protest movement. The author first outlines a conceptual framework for Citizenship education programs within teaching-learning laboratories. Based on an integrated approach of democratic education that combines social and subject-specific learning, he develops an out-of-school educational program implemented at the demokratie:werk of the Kiel Science Outreach Lab (Kieler Forschungswerkstatt). A quantitative questionnaire-based study investigates changes in participants’ individual political dispositions. In addition, guided individual interviews are conducted and analyzed using qualitative research methods to capture processes of meaning-making related to democracy. The results suggest that participation in the program may lead to increases in political self-efficacy, specific action readiness, and, in some cases, political interest. The investigation of learners’ conceptions suggests potential for fostering meaning-making but also reveals a need for deeper reflection on the perceived role of the individual in democratic contexts. The Author Oke Heinrich Horstmann is a research associate at Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel). Since 2019, he has been conducting research at the demokratie:werk of the Kiel Science Outreach Lab (Kieler Forschungswerkstatt). The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy and Me
• ISBN: 3-658-49014-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911031637703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Political Science and International Studies