Adolescents becoming citizens: perceptions of citizenship in the adolescent daily life

Journal Title: Revista Eletronica de Enfermagem - Year 2011, Vol 13, Issue 3

Abstract

This article addresses some issues about citizenship in adolescence and has had as aim to analyze the adolescents’ perceptions about citizenship and how them perceives it in their daily life. Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study developed in 2009, July and August, which information were obtained by a semi structured questionnaires. A case study featured by an exploratory descriptive qualitative research in which information was collected through semi-structured questionnaires during the months of July and August of 2007.Regularly 59 adolescent registered in the 8th year of the fundamental education of a Santa Catarina State school. Data were grouped and analyzed according to the collective subject speech technique. It is concluded that perceptions of citizenship are guided by cultural, political, economic, and social representations, being its values produced in the confluence of different spaces and influences. Also, that in daily situation the students identified thepractice of citizenship in several situations, either in family, school or community.

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Luciana Silveira, Felipa Amadigi, Flávia Ramos, Gelson Albuquerque

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Luciana Silveira, Felipa Amadigi, Flávia Ramos, Gelson Albuquerque (2011). Adolescents becoming citizens: perceptions of citizenship in the adolescent daily life. Revista Eletronica de Enfermagem, 13(3), 537-545. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-131426