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ERIC Number: EJ1331989
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1523-6803
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A Pandemic's Reminder: The Public Service Vocation Is at the Heart of Our Field
Vogel, Morgan D.
Journal of Public Affairs Education, v28 n1 p80-90 2022
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens American lives and disrupts daily routines, we continue to see front-line public servants step forward to battle the virus with persistence. Given the increasingly polarized COVID environment, the natural inclination is to ask: what is motivating these public servants to persevere in their work despite the chaotic circumstances of this pandemic? For many public servants, the public service vocation is their reason -- the collective ethos that binds public servants together in creating a purpose-driven and action-oriented life. This essay encourages public service educators to adopt vocation as a motivational lens in their classrooms to help students understand the true meaning of public service work. Vocation is not a new concept for public service that simply emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic; rather, the pandemic serves as a focusing event to remind scholars and students that the public service vocation is at the heart of our field.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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