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Smith, Victoria Davis; Magill, Kevin Russel; Bauml, Michelle; Blevins, Brooke; LeCompte, Karon – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2023
In this study, we aimed to understand the role of place in how young people come to understand civic life. We implemented and studied an action civics curriculum at two sites to explore the connections between place and youth civic identity. We found that (1) place informs students' conceptualizations of community responsibility and collective…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civics, Place Based Education, Curriculum Implementation
Lewis, Gertrude M. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
In recent years, numerous questions have been raised in correspondence and in conferences about the education of children in grades seven and eight. In response to the interest expressed, the Elementary Schools Section of the Office of Education invited a group of educators representing administrators, supervisors, teachers, and teacher-educators…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Grade 8, Grade 7, Junior High Schools