Students must understand the "head" as well as the "heart" part of volunteering and service portion of their civic education--why they should be a part of their community, why they should act for the common good, and how participating in their community dovetails with participation in the democratic process. There are many…

This paper overviews the evolution of rural society in Ontario (Canada) from the author's personal experience and research. The paper defines "rural" and "culture" and discusses how these concepts are relevant to social change and the resulting effects on technology, demographics, social organization, and community beliefs and…

Presented a theoretical framework for understanding how community service affords opportunities for stimulating identity development in adolescents. Found that service experience can stimulate reflection on society's political organization and moral order and reflection on the adolescent's role in making that order change to reflect the student's…