Congratulations to Heidi Biseth (Oslo University College), the 2011 winner of the Dr. Judith Torney-Purta Outstanding Paper Award in Citizenship and Democratic Education. 

Paper tittle: Citizenship Education in Scandinavian Multicultural Schools: A Comparative Study of Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions.




Two contestants, Dierdre Williams (University of Maryland at College Park) and Lisa Y. Faden (The University of Western Ontario), received Honorable Mention.

The winner and all contestants (Heidi Biseth, Lisa Faden, Laura Quaynor, Derdre Williams, and Yongling Zhang) will be recognized and receive certificates (the winner will also receive a monetary prize) at the CANDE SIG business meeting on May 1st. 

The winner’s paper will be published in Citizenship Teaching and Learning.