Remmert Daas

• University of Amsterdam

Adolescents’ citizenship competences. A comparative perspective Concerns about the resilience of democracy are accompanied by calls for schools to strengthen their citizenship education. This article describes the findings from the Dutch participation in an international comparative study in 2022 on the citizenship competences of young people in th...

Civic attitudes are crucial for a well-functioning democracy. Research shows these attitudes are influenced by adolescents’ families and peers. However, little is known about the interplay between these socializing agents. This study examines the role of similarity between parents’, friends’, and classmates’ trust in groups, institutions, and sourc...

Previous studies suggest that secondary school students in vocational tracks receive fewer opportunities to practice with critical-democratic citizenship than students in academic tracks. Less is known about the role of critical-democratic citizenship education in tertiary vocational education and training (VET). Utilizing questionnaire data collec...

Accurate identification of teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs is paramount to create relevant professional development opportunities. How teachers' CPL needs can best be identified is, however, a question often unaddressed. This study introduces different classes of identification methods: linear-dominance, linear-unfolding, and...

In this paper, we develop an open-ended approach to evaluating students’ citizenship competences. We aim to give students the opportunity to describe what citizenship means for them in personally relevant contexts. We developed three rubrics relevant to students’ citizenship in daily life. Students in grade 10 and 11( M age = 16) evaluated their co...

Social outcomes of education are crucial for both the individual and society. This paper focuses on the extent to which state-funded (non-)religious private and public schools differ in citizenship outcomes. Data were used on 123 schools from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 in the Netherlands. Using multilevel analyses,...

Highlights • Constitutional freedom of education affects democratic citizenship education policy. • Citizenship education legislation in 2006 and 2007 placed little demands on schools. • Legislation introduced in 2021 has further specified what is expected from schools. • Studies of citizenship education in practice are largely critical of the...

[English see below] Er is nog weinig zicht op hoe burgerschapsonderwijs tijdens de COVID-19-lockdowns is verlopen. Onderzoek naar burgerschapsonderwijs en afstandsonderwijs biedt aanknopingspunten om burgerschapsonderwijs op afstand vorm te geven. Dit artikel heeft als doel meer inzicht te krijgen in de didactische aanpakken die leraren hierbij geb...

The views young people have towards democratic values shape their views in later life. However, the values that are fundamental to democracy, such as majority rule and minority rights, are often competing. This study aims to provide insight into the ways adolescents view democratic issues in which democratic values are competing. To do so, three de...

Schools’ role in the development of students’ attitudes towards society is increasing deliberated, which also leads to question how these attitudes can be assessed. Assessment instruments typically use Likert-type items to measure the extent to which students agree or disagree to certain statements. In this study we aim to evaluate an alternative a...

- School inspections can take different approaches to evaluating school social quality. - This paper discusses three distinct models of approach: a process model, a school improvement model and an output model. - Each of the models serves different mechanisms for effective school inspection. - The paper presents a school effectiveness model of soci...

Assessment of citizenship competences has become common practice following the statutory assignment of citizenship education to schools in many countries. Assessment can serve various goals. The suitability of various types of instruments depends on the alignment with the goals intended. In this paper we evaluate four types of instruments and their...