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Vercellotti, Tim; Matto, Elizabeth C. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2010
CIRCLE Working Paper #72 addresses whether efforts to systematically incorporate media into school curricula increases several elements of civic engagement, including students' media use, political knowledge or their sense of being able to understand and influence politics (internal political efficacy). In "The Classroom-Kitchen Table…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, High School Students, Educational Media
Boswell, Thomas D.; Rivero, Manuel – 1988
This paper describes and analyzes the demographic characteristics of the Pre-Mariel Cuban American population living in the United States as presented in the 1980 U.S. Census of the Population. Information is not provided for the Mariel entrants, who began arriving from Cuba on April 21, 1980, because the data were derived from a one-in-a-thousand…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Citizenship, Cubans, Demography
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
A two-volume report of a survey to identify current school activities and interests in 16 program areas related to citizenship education in New Jersey is presented. These program areas include environmental studies, involvement of community members in the schools, citizen-related social and cognitive skills; law-related education; family life…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum, Education