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Large scale assessment of student performance is a regular feature of the international education landscape. The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is a recent attempt with a focus on citizenship knowledge and skills. Student political trust data from ICCS is reported here and a mixture Rasch model is used to identify the heterogeneity in this data. The results indicate the complexity of within country and cross-country estimates of measures of political trust. The problem of relying on a single scale score to represent this complexity is underscored and the implications for citizenship education are discussed.
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The research reported here is a part of a General Research Fund Project, Asian Students’ Conceptions of Citizenship: Constructing Indigenous views of Citizens, Citizenship Education, and the State [HKIEd 842211], funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
Appendix A. The question on students’ trust on a number of civic institutions
Appendix A. The question on students’ trust on a number of civic institutions
How much do you trust each of the following groups or institutions?
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Chow, J.K.F., Kennedy, K.J. Citizenship and Governance in the Asian Region: Insights from The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study. Public Organiz Rev 12, 299–311 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-012-0189-4
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