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McDevitt, Michael; Kiousis, Spiro – Communication Education, 2006
This study incorporates the perspective of deliberative democracy in proposing a framework for evaluating relationships between civic education and political development. Findings support a conception of deliberative learning as a process in which interactive curricula result in the diffusion of discursive inclinations to families and peer groups.…
Descriptors: Civics, Models, Social Studies, Political Socialization
McDevitt, Michael; Kiousis, Spiro – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2006
This report describes how an innovative curriculum promoted the civic development of high school students along with parents by stimulating news media attention and discussion in families. Evidence is based on a three-year evaluation of Kids Voting USA, an interactive, election-based curriculum. Political communication in the home increased the…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Student Participation, Parent Participation