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Lawrence, Windy Y.; Rountree, John; Mehltretter Drury, Sara A. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
Deliberative pedagogy holds promise for improving democratic society by cultivating practical wisdom in students as a means to tackle the problems of democracy, such as polarization. This study embraced an opportunity to consider civic education in the 21st century through deliberative pedagogy by considering practical wisdom in a synchronous,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Teaching Methods, Citizenship Education, Civics
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Luescher, Thierry M. – Perspectives in Education, 2009
The racial desegregation of the student bodies of historically white universities in South Africa has had significant political implications for student politics and university governance. I discuss two key moments in the governance history of the University of Cape Town (UCT) critically. The first involves the experience of racial parallelism in…
Descriptors: College Students, Race, Racial Integration, Racial Segregation
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Burt, Donald X. – NASPA Journal, 1972
The thrust of this paper is that while a great deal is being said about student participation in governance, little is being done to prepare them for such participation. The rhetoric has changed but curriculum has not. Until curriculum demands responsible, creative reactions in the classroom, responsible participation in governance will remain…
Descriptors: College Students, Governance, Student Government, Student Participation
Tamminen, Paul G. – 1969
This is a report on the general nature of student concerns and activities as reflected by the 1969 National Student Association Congress. The author interprets past and present trends and occurrences rather than summarizing the activities of the congress. The topics covered include: student power (governance structures); legal rights;…
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Governance, Higher Education
Goldschmidt, E. – 1975
The status of student participation in Council for Cultural Cooperation (CCC) nations is examined, based on questionnaire replies from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. After a brief review of the situation from…
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Higher Education, Leadership Responsibility
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Moore, Paul L. – NASPA Journal, 1995
Reviews the literature and the recent history of student participation in college and university governance. Presents data from studies attempting to assess the nature and extent of such participation and examines learning opportunities in student participation. Suggests ideas and models for thinking about participation in the future. (RJM)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Environment, Faculty Advisers, Government (Administrative Body)