Chapter 15: Partnering with Campus and Community to Promote Civic Engagement: Miami University’s Citizenship and Democracy Week John Forren, Miami University For political scientists already shouldering other professional responsibilities, the prospect of creating and institutionalizing a […]
Chapter 14: Service-Learning in an Environmental Engineering Classroom: Examples, Evaluation, and Recommendations Tara Kulkarni, University of Vermont and Kimberly Coleman, University of Vermont Engineering classrooms have started to create active learning spaces by offering students opportunities to engage […]
Chapter 13: Fostering Civic Engagement Through the Arts: A Blueprint Constance DeVereaux, Colorado State University Civic engagement is a core principle in efforts to establish the arts as an integral component of daily life, particularly in the […]
Chapter 12: Promoting Civic Engagement in a Required General Education Course John Suarez, SUNY Cortland This chapter explains how first-year English composition students began developing a commitment to civic engagement by working on a problem-based learning assignment […]
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 […]
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