Wikimedia+Education Conference 2019/Submissions/A qualitative study on the use of Wikipedia as a way to understand the perception of secondary school students about citizenship

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Submission no.
Title of the submission
A qualitative study on the use of Wikipedia as a way to understand the perception of secondary school students about citizenship

Author(s) of the submission
Bolibar, A., Torres, M., Belategi, O., Egaña, T., & Muxica, J.
E-mail address
nipina@mondragon.edu
Country/place of origin
Spain
Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
Mondragon Unibertsitatea (HUHEZI), GFA

Main theme
Skills for life
Type of session
Presentations
Scope
teachers, researchers
Length of session
20 min + 10 min questions
Do you want to submit a paper for peer-reviewing?
no

Abstract

This presentation attempts to analyse how Wikipedia could provide a context to research on the perception secondary school students have towards citizenship. Citizenship is constructed by three over-lapping themes: participation, responsibility, and community (Glover, 2004). However, the perception that citizens have on their status and right to participate in society and politics may play a paramount role on the construction of future citizenship. In the present study 13 concepts that could be clustered under the term “citizenship” and identified as the key ideas to develop the future of Gipuzkoa by the GFA (Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia) were selected. 300 secondary school students were asked to discuss on the concepts using the definitions provided by Wikipedia. Discussions conducted by the participants were audio recorded and a content analysis (Hatch, 2002) was carried out to understand the perception students have towards the concepts. Preliminary results show that students share the definitions offered in Wikipedia but perceive “citizenship” as an aspect related to adulthood. Detailed analysis of each concept will be provided in the presentation.

How does your proposal add knowledge to the international community in Wikimedia and education?

Giving details of secondary students perception about citizenship

Who is the intended ideal audience for the topic? Teachers
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  1. I am interested. Xavi Dengra (MESSAGES) 10:54, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Тимерхан (talk) 08:06, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]