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Dodson, Stan; Mohorn, Mario Levone – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The current College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) framework lacks spaces to practice civic discourse. Afterschool clubs, however, could be spaces where discourse could flourish. Scholars have argued that afterschool clubs are one way to augment civics education (Kirlin, 2002; Neild et al., 2019). Clubs offer an innovative way to integrate the C3…
Descriptors: Civics, Service Learning, After School Programs, Clubs
Nicole Cheri Springer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Service-learning has been a key pedagogical tool for over 50 years. During that time, research in the field moved from proving the worth and validity of the pedagogy to better understanding how student civic learning was impacted. That research often did not disaggregate the data by race and was therefore incomplete. The purpose of this study is…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Civics, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes
Stukenberg, Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The aim of this confirmatory grounded theory case analysis was to investigate the perceptions of high school civics teachers on the new Illinois civics curriculum and how this relates to concepts of citizenship. This qualitative study involved focus groups consisting of 20 public high school civics teachers to investigate the use of the…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Civics, Citizenship, Constructivism (Learning)
Victoria D. Vogelgesang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study aims to answer the following research question: How is participation in selected high impact practices (HIPs) that promote social capital associated with community college students' positive civic learning outcomes (CLOs) such as communication and listening, diversity, and consensus-building? This study analyzed responses to the 2019…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Social Capital, Civics, Learner Engagement
Bish, Gregory T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Higher education fulfills an important role in establishing an educated citizenry to support democracy. Recognizing the breadth of perspectives among faith communities on culture, this study considered the development of civic values among graduates of CCCU institutions, a subset of U.S. higher education. The purpose of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Values, Citizenship, College Graduates
Duplantis, Joshua Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Service-learning courses are credit-bearing educational experiences that deepen course content, meet identified community needs and use reflection to help students connect their service with the learning. These experiences give students an increased level of civic attitude and increased networks, which increases social and human capital. Research…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Capital, Educational Experience, Questionnaires