Socializing to Participate: The Impact of Optional Community Action Projects on Junior and Senior High Students in St. Louis.

Will, W. Marvin

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Publication Date: 1980-Jan

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Socializing to Participate: The Impact of Optional Community Action Projects on Junior and Senior High Students in St. Louis.

Will, W. Marvin

Urban Education, v14 n4 p415-36 Jan 1980

Report of a survey measuring the impact of student participation in political problem solving via community action projects. Concludes that projects do stimulate political knowledge and future participation of students, but to be successful they require teacher and administrator willingness to assist with projects that students perceive as important. (Author/JLF)

Descriptors: Administrator Role, Civics, Community Action, Politics, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Surveys, Teacher Role

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Missouri (Saint Louis)

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