Ability grouping, segregation and civic competences among adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID2355091
AuthorsJ G Janmaat (0000-0001-8102-5047, Institute of Education, UK,, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume26
Issue4
Pages455-482
Publication date2011-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-5809 • E-ISSN: 1461-7242
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0268580910393044
OpenAlexW2106153233
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited45

This article investigates whether civic competences among youngsters are linked to the social and ethnic composition of classrooms and whether these links are influenced by the system of ability grouping. Use is made of the IEA Civic Education Study to investigate these relationships. The article finds that inequalities of civic competences across classrooms are relatively large in systems characterized by early selection on the basis of ability. Classroom social segregation is also most pronounced in such systems. However, classroom ethnic segregation shows no relation with ability grouping. The article further finds that the social composition of the classroom primarily affects the cognitive component of civic competences (knowledge and skills). This relationship, moreover, is influenced by selection: the less a system groups pupils on the basis of ability, the weaker the link between classroom social status and civic knowledge and skills. However, similar regularities are not found for the attitudinal and behavioural components of civic competences

Cognition · Ethnic composition · Ethnic group · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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