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Simeone, James; Shaw, Greg M. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2017
Community-based action research (CBAR) encourages students to view internships and other civic-engagement opportunities as the first steps in collaborative projects that build long-term relationships with community partners and model how democracy works. We marshal longitudinal data, qualitative and quantitative, on both attitudes and behaviors to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Action Research, Democracy, Longitudinal Studies
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Staub, Nancy A.; Bravender, Marlena – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2014
Online simulations offer opportunities for trial and error decision-making. What better tool for a principal than to make decisions when the consequences will not have real-world ramifications. In this study, two groups of graduate students in a principal preparation program taking the same course in the same semester use online simulations…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Administrator Education, Higher Education, Computer Simulation
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Mariani, Mack; Klinkner, Philip – Journal of Political Science Education, 2009
This study examines the effect of a 10-week campaign internship course on political efficacy and trust. We compared changes in these key political attitudes between a group of 33 undergraduate students in a campaign internship course and a control group of 65 students taking government courses. A multiple regression analysis indicates that…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Undergraduate Students, Trust (Psychology), Political Attitudes