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datestamp: 2024-11-19 11:32:47
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creators_name: Sun, R
creators_name: Janmaat, JG
title: The lasting influence of an open climate of classroom discussion on political trust: Results from a seven-year panel study among English youth
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J80
note: © 2024 The Author(s). British Educational Research Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Educational Research Association.


This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
abstract: This article investigates the impact of various educational conditions, including educational tracking, aspirations and aspects of citizenship education, on the development of political trust among English youth, and assesses whether these effects last into early adulthood. Data from the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study show a tendency of distrust towards political institutions among English youth, with a fluctuating but overall downward trend in political trust as they grow older. Drawing on this dataset, we built hierarchical linear regression models to examine the effects of educational conditions on political trust during two major transitions experienced by English youth: from lower to upper secondary (or into work) and from upper secondary to university. As a participatory form of practicing citizenship education, open classroom climate in mid-adolescence has a positive and enduring effect on young people's political trust. The citizenship education curriculum – such as its volume and content—shows little impact, suggesting that free expression and democratic engagement in the classroom are more effective in shaping young people's political trust than simply acquiring political knowledge. Political trust is volatile during adolescence and into early adulthood, as later real-life experiences possibly lead to a more comprehensive and realistic sense of political trust.
date: 2024-11-07
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4091
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2335967
doi: 10.1002/berj.4091
lyricists_name: Janmaat, Germ
lyricists_id: JGJAN79
actors_name: Janmaat, Germ
actors_id: JGJAN79
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: British Educational Research Journal
citation:        Sun, R;    Janmaat, JG;      (2024)    The lasting influence of an open climate of classroom discussion on political trust: Results from a seven-year panel study among English youth.                   British Educational Research Journal        10.1002/berj.4091 <https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4091>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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