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Hengel, Madeleine S.; Shumer, Robert – 1998
This annotated reference list is organized for a quick review of citizen participation information sources. Resources and readings are intended to be a starting point for researchers, practitioners, and others who are looking for information about citizen participation. The document includes the following sections: (1) "General Links to Citizen…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics
Rubin, Beth C., Ed.; Giarelli, James M., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2007
This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context; re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and practiced; and taking stock of where we are currently through use of an historical…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Civics, Citizenship
Burstyn, Joan N., Ed. – 1996
This collection of essays by various authors discusses the dilemmas that face those who would educate tomorrow's valuable citizens and describes the day-to-day commitment needed to maintain a community. The book gives guidelines for action through examples of current programs that provide a forum for civic discussion and public consensus on the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
Garman, Brian – 1995
This digest addresses the decline in the willingness of U.S. youth to participate in service to the community or nation and suggests service learning as a possible remedy for the decline. There are long-term benefits of service learning: (1) helping to build community support for education; (2) facilitating a closer bond between school, community,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Couto, Richard A. – 1994
Experiential education, service learning in particular, offers one pedagogy for teaching democracy. This paper presents a rationale for teaching democracy through service learning and provides general and specific guidelines for accomplishing the goal. Models of service learning are described that teachers can incorporate into classroom…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics, Community Involvement
Addison-Jacobson, Jill; Addison, Joy – 1995
This paper explores the implications of an effort to promote service learning in two middle schools in the Palo Alto (California) Unified School District. The schools are grades six through eight with about 1,000 students in each. The paper describes seven service efforts and then analyzes the costs and benefits of these projects. The study…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Relations