Research

This section identifies current research in the area of civics and citizenship education.

Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 1: Final report (http://www.valueseducation.edu.au/values/default.asp?id=16381) - contains the voices of the teachers and students who participated in this project. It also contains: Case Study examples from the clusters, examples of Case Writing, key findings about the educational impacts of good practice in values education, a list of recommendations to Australian schools about what the Values Education Good Practice Schools Project - Stage 1 tells us about the principles of good practice in values education and practical suggestions for implementing values education.

Statements of Learning for Civics and Citizenship (http://www.mceetya.edu.au/verve/_resources/SOL_CivicsCitizenship.pdf) - developed by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA), and are the product of a collaborative initiative of Australian education jurisdictions to achieve greater consistency in the curriculum.

Comparative findings from the IEA civic study and their impact on the improvement of civic education in Australia (http://www.jsse.org/2003-1/australia_mellor.htm) - this article by Suzanne Mellor compares some Australian data with that from England and the USA, emphasising the finding that students do learn civics in school and that the kind of delivery does affect student learning outcomes.