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Smith, Victoria Davis; Magill, Kevin Russel; Bauml, Michelle; Blevins, Brooke; LeCompte, Karon – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2023
In this study, we aimed to understand the role of place in how young people come to understand civic life. We implemented and studied an action civics curriculum at two sites to explore the connections between place and youth civic identity. We found that (1) place informs students' conceptualizations of community responsibility and collective…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civics, Place Based Education, Curriculum Implementation
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LeCompte, Karon Nicol; Scott, Lakia M.; Blevins, Brooke – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study presents a unique educational partnership combining the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Program with a concentrated iteration of civic education via iEngage Action Civics in order to provide an opportunity for a localized curriculum that featured specificity to the urban community demographic. Participants were asked to…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Citizenship Education, Advocacy, Community Problems