Social capital and civics and citizenship: Developing a framework for activist education

• Published in: Issues in educational research Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 276 - 290
• Main Author: Keith Heggart
• Format: Journal Article
• Published: Perth, WA Institutes for Educational Research in NSW, SA and WA 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Citizenship; Civics; Human rights; Social capital (Sociology); Study and teaching

Previous scholarship has outlined possible models of civics education but have neglected to provide frameworks for evaluation of the way such educative programs contribute to ongoing active citizenship amongst the participants. This paper explicates a framework that can be used to analyse how effect...