IEA INSIDER 2024
What do you most look forward to in further connecting to IEA’s network? IEA's network is the powerhouse of large-scale assessments in education. We are looking forward to deepening our engagement with IEA’s extensive network of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world, sharing knowledge and ideas to enhance civic and citizenship education. This network is extremely rich with diverse, innovative, and effective practices, and we aim to channel this wealth of expertise through our work in ICCS. We are looking forward to leveraging the IEA network to amplify the reach of ICCS research findings, influencing education policies and practices worldwide. We believe that fostering collaborative work with this community will ensure our work remains at the forefront of emerging trends and challenges, enhancing its relevance and impact. We are particularly interested in facilitating countries to learn from each other, turning the world into an educational laboratory where diverse experiences and innovations can be shared, tested, and refined to advance civic and citizenship education globally. What’s exciting about this next cycle of ICCS? There are several exciting aspects to ICCS 2027. The importance of preparing young people to be informed, responsible, and engaged citizens is higher than ever, as is the importance of access to high-quality citizenship education.
discussions with international experts, we decided to keep all five focus areas that were included for ICCS 2022 but add or strengthen specific topics within each area. Recognizing their conceptual overlap, ICCS 2027 will continue to address and expand these focus areas by giving a prominent role to education for sustainable development and global citizenship, diversity and inclusion, digital citizenship, and young people’s civic resilience.
“The importance of preparing young people to be informed, responsible, and engaged citizens is higher than ever.”
We’re also introducing a new focus area on “Quality in teaching civics and citizenship,” which aims to explore standards, practices, beliefs, and professional development needs of educators in citizenship education. This addition is especially timely given the complex challenges that citizenship education and teachers face today. Moreover, ICCS 2027 marks the first time we'll implement a fully computer-based assessment, opening new possibilities for data collection and analysis. This transition promises enhanced efficiency, expanded reach, and richer insights into student civic knowledge, attitudes, and engagement, as well as citizenship learning in a digital age.
Taking many societal challenges into account, and based on our overview of the field, feedback from NRCs, and
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