Digital and socio-civic skills development and young people’s perceptions of digital citizenship in the UK

Peart, Mark; Higgins, Steve; Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia; Cubo Delgado, Sixto

doi:10.1177/17461979231170232

Digital and socio-civic skills development and young people’s perceptions of digital citizenship in the UK

Peart, Mark; Higgins, Steve; Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia; Cubo Delgado, Sixto

Authors

Mark Peart

Professor Steven Higgins s.e.higgins@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Prudencia Gutiérrez-Esteban

Sixto Cubo Delgado

Abstract

Digital Citizenship is an emerging field of research but there is still a lack of knowledge into what works and how to implement educational practices to develop digital citizenship. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between young people’s participatory profile and their perceptions of the development of digital and socio-civic skills, and to understand how young people exercise their citizenship in the United Kingdom. The study consists of 124 responses to an online questionnaire. The analysed data suggests that the current framing of citizenship education curriculum in the UK is still focused on more traditional forms of political participation and more work needs to be done in terms of developing citizenship education for a digital era.

Citation

Peart, M., Higgins, S., Gutiérrez-Esteban, P., & Cubo Delgado, S. (2023). Digital and socio-civic skills development and young people’s perceptions of digital citizenship in the UK. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17461979231170232

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	May 19, 2023
Publication Date	2023
Deposit Date	May 23, 2023
Publicly Available Date	May 23, 2023
Journal	Education, Citizenship and Social Justice
Print ISSN	1746-1979
Electronic ISSN	1746-1987
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/17461979231170232
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1173293