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Download full textSuanne Gibson; Alison Cook-Sather – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2020
Despite changes prompted by global legalisation and policy developments for social justice and inclusion, many institutions of higher education remain driven by neoliberal values, an endemic culture of performativity, and an emphasis on individual success. These phenomena inform, disfigure, and invert inclusion and equality in policy, practice,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Teacher Student Relationship, Social Justice
Direct linkVan Kuren, Lynda – Childhood Education, 2020
When Emily Crosette, joined H2O for Life as a high school student, she never dreamed that it would be the impetus for her future educational and career goals. Crossette majored in civil and environmental engineering and minored in environmental science at Lafayette College and is now completing her PhD in environmental engineering at the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Global Approach, High School Students, Water Quality
Cohen, Benjamin; Lawrence, Kira T.; Armstrong, Andrea; Wilcha, Miranda; Gatti, Alexa – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: A coalition of students, professors, administrators and operational staff at Lafayette College designed an environmental module to integrate in-class curricular education with out-of-class environmental engagement. The purpose of this study was to improve the ethos of sustainability across campus. Design/methodology/approach: The research…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Administrators, School Personnel
Gershtenson, Joseph; Plane, Dennis L.; Scacco, Joshua M.; Thomas, Jerry – Journal of Political Science Education, 2013
In a democracy, agents of political socialization, such as schools and parents, generally emphasize the importance of voting. While college students may be exposed briefly to voter registration as a barrier to participation, there is little evidence that the topic is given serious attention in the classroom. This research addresses how classroom…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Voting, Quasiexperimental Design, Classroom Environment
Watterson, Nancy L.; Rademacher, Nicholas; Mace, Darryl C. – Journal of College and Character, 2012
This article examines relational ways of knowing--a concept both broad and deep--as a strategy we have infused throughout our design of one first-year Living and Learning Community (LLC). As outlined here, the authors teach faith as relationship; justice as being in just relationship with others, research as the concept of putting ideas in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Communities of Practice, Metacognition, Citizenship Responsibility
Gold, Eva; Simon, Elaine; Cucchiara, Maia; Mitchell, Cecily; Riffer, Morgan – Research for Action, 2007
This report was undertaken to assess the state of civic capacity for education reform in Philadelphia. It challenges community and civic sectors of the city to put aside individual interests and work together to mobilize resources to pursue the collective good of public school improvement. The report demonstrates that many of the elements…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Middle Class, School Restructuring, Educational Change
PERLOE, SIDNEY I. – 1967
THIS RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO PRODUCE A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR EXAMINING THE DEGREE TO WHICH PRESENT DAY COLLEGE ATTENDANCE FACILITATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALUE ORIENTATIONS LIKELY TO ENCOURAGE FUTURE GOOD CITIZENSHIP. A SECOND PURPOSE WAS TO BROADEN THE DOMAIN OF VALUES GENERALLY STUDIED BY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO INCLUDE THE…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility
Charles, Michelle, M. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2005
Giving Back to the Community: African American Inner City Teens and Civic Engagement was an exercise in ethnographic research. Intentionally different from the more common quantitative studies conducted on civic engagement, this qualitative data gathering project was intended to focus solely on the patterns of civic engagement habits of low income…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Low Income Groups, Ethnography, Citizenship Responsibility
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1976
The Assessment of Law-Related Competencies includes tests for three different levels: primary, covering grades K-4; intermediate, covering grades 5-8; and secondary, covering grades 9-12. Most of the items in the three multiple choice tests are intended to measure cognitive knowledge of various law-related concepts, including: nature and types of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1978
This annual report presents information on projects funded with monies from the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title IV-C, that may help project directors, evaluators, and potential IV-C proposal writers in the management, evaluation, and writing of IV-C programs. Evaluation of each IV-C project was completed by the appointed evaluators…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Annual Reports, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Education
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
The report identifies instruments for measuring citizen education improvement efforts in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The document is presented in three sections. The first section outlines evaluation criteria and reviews literature related to testing and citizenship assessment. Materials reviewed are reports of citizenship assessment…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
The report presents an overview of perspectives on citizen education; relates needs expressed by planning groups for citizen education programs in Deleware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; and presents materials relating to national and state citizenship education priorities. A major purpose of the document is to help state and local educators and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
