Chapter 11: All Politics Is Local: Teaching Urban Studies to Suburban Students Constance A. Mixon, Elmhurst College In the twenty-first century, cities and their metropolitan regions are leading the charge to address many of our most […]
Chapter 8: Active Learning and the Acquisition of Political Knowledge in High School Diana Owen, Georgetown University and G. Isaac W. Riddle, Georgetown University This study assesses the effectiveness of high school civic education in conveying political knowledge […]
Chapter 10: Using Twitter to Promote Classroom and Civic Engagement Gina Serignese Woodall, Arizona State University and Tara M. Lennon, Arizona State University How can educators harness social media to promote civic engagement? Over three spring semesters, […]
Chapter 9: Essential School Supports for Civic Learning Shawn P. Healy, Robert R. McCormick Foundation Democracy Program This chapter summarizes previous research on essential school supports for students’ civic development in the context of high schools. Through […]
Chapter 7: The History of Civic Education in Political Science: The Story of a Discipline’s Failure to Lead Michael T. Rogers, Arkansas Tech University Today, there is growing concern in the United States over the decline […]
Chapter 6: Civic Education: A Key to Trust in Government Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, Barrett and Greene, Inc. According to a 2016 Gallup poll, some 37 percent of Americans surveyed had little trust or confidence in […]
Chapter 5: Excerpts from A Crucible Moment and Civic Prompts Caryn McTighe Musil, Northwestern University This watershed APSA publication is going to print as A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy’s Future (https://www.aacu.org/crucible) marks the fifth anniversary […]
Chapter 4: The Essential Role of Campus Planning in Student Civic Education Andrew J. Seligsohn, President of Campus Contact and Maggie Grove, Vice President for Strategy and Operations at Campus Compact The authors argue for the necessity […]
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