1. ICCS European Regional Report National Coordinators Meeting Madrid February 2010

2. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 Purpose The purpose of the European Regional Module is to investigate specific Europe-related aspects to be derived from the domains of the IEA ICCS Civic and Citizenship Framework

3. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Regional Module Priorities Knowledge and understanding of European civic and political institutions European identities and values Disposition toward equity and social cohesion in Europe and openness to change Attitudes to participation and engagement in Europe (now/future) Attitudes to learning a foreign language

4. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Regional Module 24 countries (Norway and Russia NOT participating) – 22 EU members, 13 Eurozone, 2 non EU Cognitive test (12 minutes) –Knowledge of the EU (20 items) Questionnaire (17 minutes) – Student perceptions and behaviours

5. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 Meeting Documents Outline of the European Report –NRC(Feb 10)5 ICCS European Report: Tables and figures –NRC(Feb 10)5a

6. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 Approach to Report Outline Already discussed by PAC and JMC Takes into account International Report and Assessment Framework Builds from instrument structure Builds from European priorities Recognises European Report will be a report about and for European countries

7. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 Approach to Draft Tables and Figures Data comes from –European Regional Module (cognitive and attitudinal) –European Regional items in Internat –International instruments (Stq Tq NCS) Format follows tables and figures in International Report Mix of individual items and scales Mix of national means and percentages

8. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline I. Introduction ICCS: aims, research questions, design and methodology Relationship of ERM to ICCS assessment framework and international instruments Rationale for and process of development of ERM Countries: Information on samples Report Outline

9. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline II. Contexts for civic and citizenship education in Europe Country background information (24 countries) based on data from other sources (Tables 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3) Country information (24 countries) based on national contexts survey (Tables 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6)

10. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline III. Students’ civic and citizenship competencies The measurement of civic knowledge and understanding ( Will be no European knowledge scale just single items) Comparison of civic knowledge and understanding across countries Gender effects on civic knowledge and understanding Students’ self-assessed knowledge

11. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline IV. Students' civic identity and attitudes Sense of European identity and belonging Attitudes to Europe and country Sense of belonging to EU Students’ attitudes to European policies and institutions Students' trust in institutions (inc. European political institutions)

12. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline V. Students' support for equity and social cohesion and openness to change Students’ views of rights for ethnic/ racial groups and immigrants Students’ views on equal rights for groups within Europe Students’ attitudes to free movment Understanding and communicating in European languages

13. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline VI. Students' civic engagement and Participation Students’ interest in political and social issues Present participation in civic activities (in and out of school) Students’ attitudes to European policies and institutions

14. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline VII. Students' learning context for civic and citizenship education Schools' role in learning Communities' role in learning

15. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Outline VIII. Conclusion and discussion Overview and discussion of findings Discussion in relation to the ICCS assessment framework and international findings References and Appendices

16. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 European Report Published Sept 2010 International Report published Jun 2010

17. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 Your Feedback Appropriateness of outline report structure Relationship to ICCS framework Linkages with data from European regional instruments and international instruments Linkages with international report Context (Chaps II and VII) Conclusion and discussion (Chap VIII)

18. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 Your Feedback Appropriateness of: Draft tables and figures Included items and scales Coverage of Report Priorities to be emphasised Aspects that may be omitted Conclusion and discussion – emerging story References to be included

19. NRC Meeting Madrid 15-18 February 2010 Questions or comments? THANK YOU