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Reichert, Frank; Print, Murray – Educational Review, 2018
Building active and informed citizens is a major part of civics and citizenship education in order to enhance and sustain democracies. Civic learning and civic action opportunities within school contexts are commonly claimed to promote an active and informed citizenry. In the present research, we examine the meaning of formal civics education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizen Participation, Student Participation
Davila, Alberto; Mora, Marie T. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2007
Using panel data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS), this study empirically analyzes the relationship between two forms of civic engagement--student government and community service--and educational progress made after the eighth grade by addressing the following questions. Does civic engagement affect academic progress…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Student Government, Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation