The questionnaire, a pilot round and approaching schools

An update from the Dutch Adolescent Panel on Democratic Values:

Currently, we are busy developing and improving the questionnaire that we intend to administer to selected group of schools' 1st-year classes this coming fall. Last Friday, we had the opportunity to test our questionnaire for the first time with young people from VMBO, which was particularly enlightening for us. Not only did it reveal the challenges of our questionnaire, but the enthusiasm and knowledge with which these young people discussed politics and societal issues were truly inspiring. In the coming period, we will incorporate this feedback into the questionnaire and hopefully present the revised version to another group of young people.

Besides enhancing the questionnaire, we are currently reaching out to schools to participate in our research project. To obtain a comprehensive understanding of the state of democratic values among young people, we hope for a high response rate from all regions of the Netherlands. At the moment, several schools have enthusiastically agreed to collaborate, but we hope for many more.

We will get back to work now. New updates on the project will follow soon!