Elections as an Opportunity of learning Civic Education and Political Participation for teenagers

Developed countries are recently experiencing an unprecedented decrease of political participation involvement among young people. While there is robust evidence that education increases civic and political participation in developed democracies, it has been argued that there is no clear correlation between education and increase of political participation. In this article, we suggest an additional educational instrument in school that might contribute to the awareness of political participation and increase involvement in politics. This qualitative study seeks to understand whether teenagers can show more interest in elections with an additional instrument kit in schools. The research study was conducted toward national elections, and the theoretical proposal was reinforced by interviews as an exploratory research. In total, 20 teachers from social science and citizenship studies were interviewed, in two colleges in the center of the country. The article provides a better understanding that this theoretical proposal booklet can provide robust citizenship orientation in high school and might contribute to the increase of citizen engagement.