Abstract:

Fostering current and future civic engagement through academic curricula and service-related activities across life span, is deemed necessary for successful civic learning education worldwide. The present paper illustrates Greek students’ civic learning attitudes and skills experience, as part of a pilot study run at state and nonpublic high schools across different areas in Greece during the academic years 2017/2018. 110 millennials (youths) participated in the case study employed to assess their present and future civic learning attitudes and skills in terms of civic engagement, democratic citizenship and community-associated service within their government and private educational institutions. Enrollment in private educational institution significantly influenced social justice attitudes in females (males appeared unaffected). Favourable and direct significant associations were indicated between social justice, gains in problem-solving, community involvement, knowledge about political and societal issues, civic action and responsibility and leadership skills after millennials’ assessment. The civic learning outcomes obtained are discussed together with theoretical and practical implications and streams for further research in light of global civics education pedagogy and practice.

Acknowledgement:
In loving memory of my parents, doctor Georgios Makris and teacher Georgia Tsiotou-Makri.

Keywords:

civic attitudes and skills, millennials, state and privately owned secondary education, Greece