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Direct linkTaylor, Julie Anne; Trepanier-Street, Mary – Social Studies, 2007
The authors examined how the performance of community service through the Jumpstart program contributed to the civic and multicultural education of college students nationwide during the 2003-04 academic year. In addition to mentoring at-risk preschool children on a weekly basis for an entire academic year, Jumpstart participants were required to…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Citizenship Education, Self Efficacy, Program Effectiveness
Gallavan, Nancy P. – Social Studies, 2003
In 1960, Shirley Engle identified the primary purposes or "heart of social studies instruction" as educating citizens living in a democracy and teaching them the process of decision making based on values formulation through genuine problem solving. Engle's recommendations for helping students to confront and comprehend today's complex issues…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Career Education, Self Efficacy, Democracy
