TY - JOUR AB - The IEA Civic Education Study in Portugal involved the observation of national representative samples of students from grades 8, 9 and 11. Grades 8 and 9 are the terminal years of basic (compulsory) education, and grade 11 is the mid-year of secondary education. Results on civic knowledge reveal a particular scenario that will be explored in this paper: 8 grade students score clearly below the international mean, but both 9 and 11 grade students score above the international mean. The impact of four relevant variables in the literature on political development - education, family cultural background, political interest and experiences, and interpersonal trust - will be analyzed and discussed. DA - 2003-08-25 DO - 10.4119/jsse-297 LA - eng PY - 2003-08-25 SN - 1618-5293 T2 - JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education TI - The impact of School Education, Family, Cultural Background and Political Attitudes and Experiences in Civic Knowledge UR - https://doi.org/10.4119/jsse-297 Y2 - 2024-11-22T11:31:04 ER -