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Henderson, Ailsa; Pancer, S. Mark; Brown, Steven D. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2014
For high school community service programs to have a positive impact on subsequent civic engagement, students must volunteer in a sustained manner and must evaluate their volunteering experiences positively. Using a survey with 1,293 respondents and 100 semistructured interviews with past participants of the mandatory community service program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Citizen Participation, Volunteers
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Henderson, Ailsa; Brown, Steven D.; Pancer, S. Mark; Ellis-Hale, Kimberly – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
In 1999, the Ontario provincial government introduced into its high school curriculum a requirement that students complete 40 h of volunteer community service before graduation. At the same time, the high school curriculum was shortened from five years to four. Consequently, the 2003 graduating class of Ontario high school students contained two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Volunteers, State Government