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The Effects of High School Community Service Programs on Students' Social Development. Final Report.
Download full textNewmann, Fred M.; Rutter, Robert A. – 1983
In recent years, commentators on socialization and adolescent development have suggested that secondary schools encourage students' participation in voluntary community service. This study, conducted in 1982-83 on students in volunteer programs and in comparison groups at eight high schools, tested whether such programs positively effect the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services, Educational Research
Peer reviewedRutter, Robert A.; Newmann, Fred M. – Social Education, 1989
Offers information useful to educators interested in implementing community-service programs. Provides estimates of students' participation in community service in U. S. high schools; describes the nature of the programs and students' experiences; and reports data which illustrate that the potential for influencing civic responsibility may not yet…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
