ERIC Number: EJ1380599
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0729-4360
EISSN: EISSN-1469-8366
Applied Learning and Student Views of Social and Political Involvement
Higher Education Research and Development, v42 n1 p78-92 2023
While levels of civic engagement among undergraduate students in the United States have increased, understanding how applied learning experiences might facilitate or hinder promotion of civic attitudes, or personal importance of social and political involvement, can provide insights for both faculty and student affairs practitioners. Using longitudinal data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education in the United States, this analysis examined the relationship between undergraduate participation in forms of applied learning and students' fourth-year attitudes toward the importance of social and political involvement. Results suggested that participating in out-of-class experiences which applied classroom learning, volunteer opportunities, completion of a community project, and study abroad were all positively associated with higher levels of the importance students placed on their social and political involvement.
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Undergraduate Students, Student Participation, Student Attitudes, Student Volunteers, School Community Relationship, Community Involvement, Study Abroad, Liberal Arts, National Surveys, Political Attitudes, Social Attitudes, Student Experience, Experiential Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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