The understanding of youth participation in the current article relates to ideas of citizenship and active involvement in global concerns. In this understanding of the term, schools are important agents for education for global citizenship, and play a role in the developing engagement of young people. Using data from focus groups with teachers (n = 45) from secondary schools in England, Italy and Lithuania, the current research seeks to extend discussion of youth participation by identifying distinctive features of participation of students at the school level. Although research into youth civic participation is rapidly growing, this topic remains partially unexplored, particularly in relation to school settings, opportunities and benefits of developing students’ civic participation in schools. Findings are important for policy makers and teachers who attempt to promote civic participation in schools among students. The analysis shows that teachers’ concepts of youth participation are grounded in their cultural context, and teachers’ activities are undertaken intuitively. Analysis of teachers’ interviews led to the identification of four common overarching themes that relate to the significance of education policy, school leadership, teacher training, and youth–adult partnerships, all in the context of youth participation.

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教师对支持青年参与学校的看法：来自英格兰、意大利和立陶宛学校的经验

本文对青年参与的理解涉及公民思想和积极参与全球关注的问题。根据对这个术语的理解，学校是全球公民教育的重要媒介，并在培养年轻人的参与度方面发挥着作用。使用来自英格兰、意大利和立陶宛中学教师（n = 45）的焦点小组的数据，当前的研究旨在通过确定学校学生参与的独特特征来扩展对青年参与的讨论。尽管对青年公民参与的研究正在迅速增长，但该主题仍有部分未被探索，特别是在学校环境、培养学生参与学校公民参与的机会和好处方面。调查结果对于试图在学生中促进公民参与学校的政策制定者和教师很重要。分析表明，教师对青年参与的观念植根于他们的文化背景，教师的活动是凭直觉进行的。对教师访谈的分析导致确定了四个共同的总体主题，这些主题与教育政策的重要性、学校领导力、教师培训和青年-成人伙伴关系有关，所有这些主题都在青年参与的背景下进行。