Creating Citizenship Communities: what do schools do to help young people understand and take part in society?
Posted on 2 March 2012
New findings from a national survey (conducted by NFER in partnership with the Department of Education, University of York) of school coordinators and leaders on community cohesion and citizenship illustrate the need for more to be done to help young people understand and become involved in society.The report that surveyed school coordinators and leaders on community cohesion and citizenship concludes that there is a need to co-ordinate work in schools by:
1. developing more liaison between citizenship education teachers and those responsible for whole school initiatives to promote community engagement;
2. helping teachers to build on young people’s existing knowledge and expertise in community matters to help them understand and act more effectively in society.
The Creating Citizenship Communities through New Approaches to Learning: Survey of School Coordinators and Leaders on Community Cohesion and Citizenship conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Department of Education, University of York can be accessed here.
For more about the project and other publication please visit our website at http://www.york.ac.uk/education/research/cresj/citizenship-communities/ or email us at citizen@york.ac.uk.