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Active Citizens: Evaluation of a Community-Based Education Program

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  • Petra Simonova

    (Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Jan Cincera

    (Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Roman Kroufek

    (Department of Preschool & Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, 40096 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic)

  • Sarka Krepelkova

    (Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Andreas Hadjichambis

    (Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education, Limassol 3304, Cyprus)

Abstract

This study analyses the Active Citizens program conducted in seven Czech elementary schools in 2017/2018. The data were obtained in a mixed-design research study containing pre/post experimental/control groups (N = 114), eight focus groups with selected students (N = 56), and group interviews with teachers (N = 14). The mean age of the students was 13.8 years. The study focuses on the students’ and the teachers’ perception of the process, the program’s barriers and benefits, and on the impact of the program on the students’ self-efficacy and on perceived democratic school culture. The analysis revealed that while the participants felt empowered because of their experience, they started to perceive their school environment as less democratic than before the program. The program also likely influenced girls more than boys as the latter seem to have been unaffected. Finally, the implications of the findings for the practice are discussed.

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  • Petra Simonova & Jan Cincera & Roman Kroufek & Sarka Krepelkova & Andreas Hadjichambis, 2019. "Active Citizens: Evaluation of a Community-Based Education Program," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:3:p:663-:d:201208
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    Cited by:

    1. Regina Grazuleviciene & Sandra Andrusaityte & Aurimas Rapalavicius, 2021. "Measuring the Outcomes of a Participatory Research Study: Findings from an Environmental Epidemiological Study in Kaunas City," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-15, August.
    2. Jan Cincera & Zuzana Gallayova & Simona Kuciakova & Daphne Goldman, 2021. "Roots and Shoots: Building Bridges between Schools and Their Communities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-13, November.
    3. Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis & Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, 2020. "Environmental Citizenship Questionnaire (ECQ): The Development and Validation of an Evaluation Instrument for Secondary School Students," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-12, January.
    4. Shih-Yeh Chen & Shiang-Yao Liu, 2020. "Developing Students’ Action Competence for a Sustainable Future: A Review of Educational Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-14, February.

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