Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Schools

This dataset is the Australian part of an international study which aimed to compare different concepts, areas of interest, and knowledge in the field of civic education. There were 29 countries involved in the study, which incorporated both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Phase 1 documented what experts and others with an interest in the field in each country believe it is important for 14-year-olds to know about a wide range of civic and political matters. Phase 2 was the testing stage of the study. Information was obtained from nationally representative samples of students about student knowledge, skills, concepts, attitudes and actions with items from the following domains: Democracy, Institutions, Rights and Responsibilities, National Identity, Social Cohesion and Social Diversity. Data collection took place in 1999 and involved 4,000 Year 9 students in 150 schools. Teachers and Principals also provided information about teaching practices and about school population characteristics and resources. Background variables for teachers were age and sex. Background variables for students were age, sex, ethnicity, age at immigration, newspapers/books in home, parents' education and participation in community activities. At ADA, the dataset is held as three data files - Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Schools (01061-Schools), Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Teachers (01061-Teachers), and Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Students (01061-Students). Further information, including technical documentation and research reports, is available from the ACER website at www.acer.edu.au.

本数据集为一项国际研究的澳大利亚分支数据集，该研究旨在对比公民教育领域内的各类理念、研究议题与相关知识储备。本次研究共纳入29个参与国，同时采用定性与定量两种研究方法。第一阶段记录了各国该领域专家及相关从业者的共识：14岁青少年需掌握哪些广泛的公民与政治议题相关知识。第二阶段为本研究的测试环节，研究从具有全国代表性的学生样本中采集数据，内容覆盖学生在以下领域的知识、技能、理念、态度与行为表现：民主制度、国家机构、权利与责任、民族认同、社会凝聚力与社会多样性。本次数据采集工作于1999年开展，共覆盖150所学校的4000名九年级学生。教师与校长同时提供了关于教学实践、学校生源特征与教学资源的相关信息。教师的背景变量包括年龄与性别；学生的背景变量则涵盖年龄、性别、族裔、移民年龄、家庭藏书与报刊保有量、父母受教育程度以及参与社区活动的情况。该数据集在ADA处以三份数据文件形式存储：《澳大利亚IEA公民教育研究：学校文件（01061-Schools）》、《澳大利亚IEA公民教育研究：教师文件（01061-Teachers）》以及《澳大利亚IEA公民教育研究：学生文件（01061-Students）》。更多信息（包括技术文档与研究报告）可从ACER官网www.acer.edu.au获取。