ERIC Number: EJ858942
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Nov
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Using Elections as Teachable Moments: A Randomized Evaluation of the Student Voices Civic Education Program
Syvertsen, Amy K.; Stout, Michael D.; Flanagan, Constance A.
American Journal of Education, v116 n1 p33-68 Nov 2009
The recommitment of public education to its civic roots has revived discussion on how to engage younger generations of citizens in electoral politics and civic life. This randomized trial of 1,670 high school students in 80 social studies classrooms evaluates the impact of an election-based civics program on students' civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions over the course of a semester. Analyses of these data reveal significant effects of the program on students' self-reported ability to cast an informed vote, knowledge of the voter registration process, belief that their vote matters, communication with others at school about politics, sense of civic obligation, and media use and analysis. ["Using Elections as Teachable Moments: A Randomized Evaluation of the Student Voices Civic Education Program" was written with Dana L. Mitra, Mary Beth Oliver, and S. Shyam Sundar.]
Descriptors: Voting, Citizenship Education, Elections, Public Education, Program Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, High School Students, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness, Curriculum Implementation
University of Chicago Press. Journals Division, P.O. Box 37005, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 877-705-1878; Tel: 773-753-3347; Fax: 877-705-1879; Fax: 773-753-0811; e-mail: subscriptions@press.uchicago.edu; Web site: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A