ERIC Number: EJ1431330
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-6102
EISSN: EISSN-2164-8212
Civic Engagement as a Course-Level Strategy for Integrative Learning
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v28 n2 p41-59 2024
Engaged learning seeks to cultivate integrative approaches that require students to use multiple points of view or approaches in their coursework. Similarly, civically engaged courses ask students to consider public problems that involve multiple stakeholders, institutions, and policies. We are interested in whether courses designed to meet civic engagement goals might also improve student self-assessment of integrative learning at our institution and could serve as a developmental step toward more holistic strategies. To test our hypothesis that student participation in civic engagement would improve student self-assessment of integrative learning, we compared summative student survey scores from students enrolled in similar courses with and without a civic engagement component (n = 275). Boxplot and statistical analysis (unpaired two-sample Wilcoxon test) were used to determine if civic engagement pedagogy made any meaningful impact on integrative learning. Our results show strong overall improvement in survey scores after civic engagement courses.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Citizen Participation, Learner Engagement, Political Science, Financial Education, Holistic Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Community Influence, Student Responsibility, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Public Policy
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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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