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Stukenberg, Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The aim of this confirmatory grounded theory case analysis was to investigate the perceptions of high school civics teachers on the new Illinois civics curriculum and how this relates to concepts of citizenship. This qualitative study involved focus groups consisting of 20 public high school civics teachers to investigate the use of the…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Civics, Citizenship, Constructivism (Learning)
HESS, ROBERT D.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS REPORT WAS FOCUSED UPON THE INDUCTION OF CHILDREN INTO THE UNITED STATES POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE REPORT, PART ONE OF A TWO-PART REPORT, WAS DERIVED FROM A STUDY OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND THE SCHOOL AS AGENTS FOR SOCIALIZATION. DATA WERE OBTAINED BY QUESTIONNAIRE FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN (GRADES TWO THROUGH EIGHT) IN BOTH LARGE AND SMALL…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Coogan, David – Community Literacy Journal, 2006
This essay describes service learning as a space for civic dialogue. In the project-oriented course discussed below--an oral history of a south-side African-American neighborhood in Chicago--civic dialogue took shape when middle class students from a range of backgrounds at the Illinois Institute of Technology interviewed residents of different…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Projects, Oral History, Service Learning