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Understanding citizenship competences: The relationship between citizenship competences and personality traits of secondary school students in the Netherlands Open

Julia Zegeling, Remmert Daas, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Lianne Hoek · 2025

Citizenship education is an important tool for strengthening democratic values. Therefore, it is important to develop better conceptual understanding of the citizenship competences of young people. Previous research points to a relationshi…

Young Citizens Facing the Future: Understanding Adolescents’ Civic Engagement in Relation to Their Macrosocial Worries, and Civic Knowledge Open

Esther M. Karkdijk, Remmert Daas, G.T.M. ten Dam, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2025

Sociology Psychology Political science

As young citizens in an uncertain, complex and continuously changing world, adolescents have to navigate various societal challenges. This study explores whether civic engagement in adolescence relates to their macrosocial worries (negativ…

Exploring the Relation of Livability Mapping and Flood Exposure Analysis by Combining Remote Sensing and Citizen Science Open

Florencio Campomanes, Lorraine Trento Oliveira, Mariana Belgiu, Ángela Abascal, Anne Bert Dijkstra , et al. · 2025

Environmental science Geography Computer science

Environmental hazards are key determinants of urban liveability, shaping the safety, health, and resilience of residents. This study investigates the intersection of urban livability and flood exposure by integrating remote sensing, citize…

Hallmarks of Neuroblastoma—Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Interventions Open

Abhimanyu Thakur, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2025

Medicine Biology

Neuroblastoma, the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood, continues to challenge clinicians and researchers because of its heterogeneous nature and complex pathophysiology. Recent breakthroughs in molecular profiling revealed i…

On the Same Page? Examining Adolescents’ Civic Attitudes and the Role of Congruence in Civic Attitudes of Parents, Friends, and Classmates Open

Esther M. Karkdijk, G.T.M. ten Dam, Remmert Daas, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2025

Psychology

Civic attitudes are crucial for a well-functioning democracy. Research shows these attitudes are influenced by adolescents’ families and peers. However, little is known about the interplay between these socializing agents. This study exami…

Occupational therapy‐based rehabilitation of sciatic nerve pain Open

Sudha Thakur, Anoop Kumar, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Abhimanyu Thakur · 2024

Medicine

Sciatica is a severe form of pain caused by compression of the sciatic nerve that radiates from the back toward the hip and outer side of the leg. Conventional treatments for sciatica include pain medication, physical therapy, and surgery …

Students’ attitudes towards fundamental democratic values: The construction of a measurement instrument Open

Lianne Hoek, Anke Munniksma, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2024

Psychology Political science Physics

Schools carry the important task of fostering democratic values like equality and tolerance among students. This study examined to what extent a valid and reliable measurement instrument can be developed to gain insight into students’ atti…

An open-ended approach to evaluating students’ citizenship competences: The use of rubrics Open

Remmert Daas, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Sjoerd Karsten, G.T.M. ten Dam · 2023

Psychology Political science Biology

In this paper, we develop an open-ended approach to evaluating students’ citizenship competences. We aim to give students the opportunity to describe what citizenship means for them in personally relevant contexts. We developed three rubri…

Practicing voice: student voice experiences, democratic school culture and students’ attitudes towards voice Open

Willemijn F. Rinnooy Kan, Anke Munniksma, Monique Volman, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2023

Psychology Sociology Political science

The abilities of citizens to make themselves heard and listen to each other are essential for the functioning of democratic societies. Schools are practice grounds for these citizenship competences. This study investigates whether students…

Are schools’ qualification and civic outcomes related? The role of schools’ student composition and tracking Open

Hester Mennes, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Anke Munniksma · 2022

Political science Psychology Sociology

In preparing generations for the future, schools fulfill a qualification and a civic task: providing youngsters knowledge and skills for the labor market, and equipping them to navigate democracy and society. Little research has considered…

Inequalities in youth citizenship knowledge Open

Bram Eidhof, G.T.M. ten Dam, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Herman G. van de Werfhorst · 2021

Sociology Political science Mathematics

Keywords: citizenship competence, language, compositional effects, primary education Highlights: • Is acquiring individual citizenship knowledge also associated with peer language environment? • Students in classes with lower language achi…

Learning from, through and about Differences: A Multiple Case Study on Schools as Practice Grounds for Citizenship Open

Willemijn F. Rinnooy Kan, Virginie März, Monique Volman, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2021

Sociology Psychology Political science

Learning to relate to others that differ from you is one of the central aims of citizenship education. Schools can be understood as practice grounds for citizenship, where students’ citizenship is not only influenced by the formal curricul…

Improving citizenship competences Open

Lianne Hoek, Anke Munniksma, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2021

Political science

Keywords: Citizenship education; Measuring citizenship competences; Output-driven approach; Data-use in education; Social outcomes of education Highlights: • Research on effective characteristics of citizenship education is still scarce. •…

What does society want adolescents to know about civics? Open

Anne van Goethem, G.T.M. ten Dam, Anne Bert Dijkstra · 2020

Political science Psychology

Using a mixed-methods approach, this paper investigates current views within society about what civic knowledge is important for students leaving secondary education. We combined questionnaire data from a representative national sample wit…

What Do Adolescents Know about Citizenship? Measuring Student’s Knowledge of the Social and Political Aspects of Citizenship Open

G.T.M. ten Dam, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Ineke van der Veen, Anne van Goethem · 2020

Sociology Political science Psychology

This paper analyses how young people’s citizenship knowledge is related to the different domains of citizenship in their daily lives. Based on a representative sample of some 5300 students in the third year of 80 Dutch secondary schools, o…

Towards a Comprehensive School Effectiveness Model of Citizenship Education: An Empirical Analysis of Secondary Schools in The Netherlands Open

Manja Coopmans, G.T.M. ten Dam, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Ineke van der Veen · 2020

Psychology Sociology Political science

We still have only a limited understanding of the effectiveness of schools in promoting citizenship, the factors explaining this effectiveness and the way in which these aspects interact. Using elaborate cross-sectional data from students,…

The Role of Teachers, Parents, and Friends in Developing Adolescents’ Societal Interest Open

Frank H. K. Wanders, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Ralf Maslowski, Ineke van der Veen, Erik Amnå · 2020

Psychology Sociology Economics

This article examines the role of teachers, parents, and friends in stimulating the development of societal interest among adolescents. It assesses the extent teachers can compensate for societal interest differences among adolescents that…

The influence of teacher-student and student-student relationships on societal involvement in Dutch primary and secondary schools Open

Frank H. K. Wanders, Ineke van der Veen, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Ralf Maslowski · 2019

Psychology Computer science

This study examined the association between teacher-student and student-student relationships on societal involvement in Dutch primary and secondary schools. In addition, it studied differences in the effects of teacher-student relationshi…

The effect of teacher-student and student-student relationships on the societal involvement of students Open

Frank H. K. Wanders, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Ralf Maslowski, Ineke van der Veen · 2019

Psychology Medicine Computer science

The goal of this paper was to examine the relation between teachers and students and between students on societal involvement in Dutch secondary schools. As such, we studied the role of parents on adolescents' societal involvement and to w…

Inspecting School Social Quality: Assessing and Improving School Effectiveness in the Social Domain Open

Anne Bert Dijkstra, Remmert Daas, Per Ingvar De la Motte, Melanie Ehren · 2017

Psychology Computer science Philosophy

Purpose: School inspection of school social quality is, in contrast to inspection in the cognitive domain, still in its early phase of development. While schools are shown to affect social outcomes, the interplay of mechanisms makes it dif…

Inspecting School Social Quality: Assessing and Improving School Effectiveness in the Social Domain Open

Anne Bert Dijkstra, Remmert Daas, Per Ingvar De la Motte, Melanie Ehren · 2017

Psychology Computer science Physics

Purpose: School inspection of school social quality is, in contrast to inspection in the cognitive domain, still in its early phase of development. While schools are shown to affect social outcomes, the interplay of mechanisms makes it dif…

Youth citizenship at the end of primary school: the role of language ability Open

Bram Eidhof, G.T.M. ten Dam, Anne Bert Dijkstra, Herman G. van de Werfhorst · 2016

Psychology Political science Chemistry

Schools are expected to fulfil different types of goals, including citizenship development. An important question is to what extent schools can simultaneously promote different learning outcomes. In this paper, we investigate the relations…

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