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Ankhi G. Thakurta – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to trace how Asian American girls engaged with civic learning in a virtual out-of-school literacy community featuring a curriculum of diverse literary texts. Design/methodology/approach: The researcher used practitioner inquiry to construct a virtual literacy education community dedicated to the civic learning of Asian…
Descriptors: Females, Asian Americans, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
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Crowley, Ryan M.; Swan, Kathy – Education Sciences, 2018
United States scholars in economics education generally view economic literacy as the field's connection to citizenship education. However, despite this clarity of purpose, the range of ways that economic literacy could be applied to civic life is ill defined. Based on an examination of stated civic outcomes in U.S. economics curriculum and…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Economics Education, Citizenship Education, Models
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Panke, Stefanie; Stephens, John – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
How can educators leverage blogs and other social media spaces to encourage a reflective, critical discourse about civic engagement that fosters a true learning exchange over promoting one's own ideas? This article reports upon a single case study of the "Community Engagement Learning Exchange," a multi-author blog on civic engagement.…
Descriptors: Reflection, Citizen Participation, Instructional Materials, Discourse Communities
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Claes, Ellen; Quintelier, Ellen – Educational Research, 2009
Background: More than 52 countries make use of the "Newspapers in Education" programme. In the last 10 years, in Belgium, an application of the international programme Newspapers in Education has become a well-known way of stimulating adolescents to explore the political realm and challenge the way they think about and participate in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Political Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Young Adults
Bender, Eileen T., Ed.; And Others – 1979
This guide provides two introductory articles--a brief history of The Citizen and The Cable project at Indiana University, and a discussion of the regulatory history of CATV and the philosophy of public access--as well as case studies of six community programs, an article on the future of public access, and sample materials from workshops. The…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cable Television, Case Studies, Citizen Participation
Powers, Jerry M. – 1979
The St. Louis (Missouri) Citizens' Involvement Project was a joint effort between the Housing Authority's Tenant Affairs Board and the Board of Education. The program goal was to supplement Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs by fostering educator-parent-community cooperation in including teaching/learning strategies that would…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Education