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Total number of Library Resources: 241
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The third edition of annotations of over 100 dissertations on service, service-learning, and related topics. Each entry provides a citation and an abstract.
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Growing to Greatness is the first comprehensive national study of the state of service-learning in kindergarten through 12th grade. It documents the unfolding story of service-learning, providing information to improve implementation, inform public policy, and give a clear picture of the many ways young people contribute to society. This summary highlights aspects of the full 2004 Growing to Greatness Report.
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This study explores the relationship between national service and civic education through an examination of the Civilian Conservation Corps and VISTA, and how to apply lessons learned from the past to the AmeriCorps program. The author looks at citizenship from five perspectives: constitutional citizenship, critical citizenship and citizenship as patriotism, service and work. The author concludes with three lessons gleaned from the past programs...
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Based on Current Population Survey data from 1972, 1978, 2000, & 2002. Compares turnout among 18-24 year-olds with the general population in each of the states.
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The information in this fact sheet is based on a survey conducted by the Council for Excellence in Government and CIRCLE. It reveals information about the content and significance of civics and social studies classes today.
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This is based on IEA data. Reports American student performance on knowledge measures in relation to the international mean, home background, topics studied in school, and attitudes about types of civic participation.
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Based on data from the IEA Civic Education study. Compares American youth's levels of trust with that of youth from four countries of varying political history. Also, examines how trust relates to expectations of future civic participation.
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This guidebook is to be used along with the video of the same name. The video shows four veterans of the Civil Rights Movement and their personal stories. This forum can be a stimulus for young people to learn how others confronted a major issue of their times, racial segregation, and the guidebook provides useful additional information such as a glossary, a timeline, reflection questions and more.
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This issue paper has been designed especially with the community partner in mind. From the school perspective, what can be done to encourage and support the emergence of the agency or organization as a partner? From the agency or organization perspective, what are the significant considerations involved in establishing successful service-learning partnerships? This paper highlights effective strategies, using best practice examples to...
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This issue paper explores the following questions: How is it possible for educational leaders to move beyond the untenable dichotomy between knowledge and social and emotional skills? How can schools meet rigorous academic demands while nurturing students' social and emotional developments? How can already overloaded staff be engaged in such an endeavor? How can the strategies of social and emotional learning and service-learning be utilized to...
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While the proximate causes of AmeriCorps’ current troubles can be found in a complex array of administrative practices and budget decisions unique to the program itself, the larger question of why the program, after 10 years, is still struggling to be institutionalized can only be answered by looking at the history of national service programs more broadly. While all very different, America’s main domestic civilian national service...
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This book focuses on social studies educators teaching the English Language Learner. The book has three sections: "Getting to Know the ELL Student" which offers K-12 social studies teacher's most frequently asked questions; "Teaching the Social Studies: Challenges and Prospects" which discusses specific issues and has examples of strategies and learning activities; and a resource section for teachers with websites and professional organizations.
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This fact sheet presents information on the frequency of volunteering, trends in volunteering, and the organizations for which young people volunteer utilizing data from many sources. Charts include volunteering by generation, volunteering among 8th, 10th and 12th graders, volunteering among college freshmen, and volunteering by organization type.
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This report represents an initial inquiry into the effect that these relatively new and convenient voting procedures have on electoral participation among those who are least likely to vote-- young citizens. Results originating from this analysis reveal that easier voting methods increase youth turnout.
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This literature review is specifically interested in empirical research addressing the relationship between adolescent participation in extracurricular activities and adult political engagement. It includes a table detailing the findings of relevant research, studies with relevant findings tangential to the central question, and full citations for all items in the bibliography.
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Most researchers to date have theorized that programs to promote positive citizenship should begin with an opportunity for adolescents to participate in positive citizenship activities, such as community service or political volunteering. In the present study, the authors hypothesize that programs and policies to promote positive citizenship may need to begin by first focusing on informal interactions in youths' lives, such as with parents and...
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Previous research on youth civic engagement has focused on the direct association between previous civic behaviors and future civic participation. However, as with most activities, adolescents will not continue to participate if they do not derive fulfillment, enjoyment and meaning from the activity. To explore this, this paper examines the relation between civic engagement in adolescence and in adulthood, and also whether being engaged and...
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Researchers have theorized that programs to promote positive citizenship should begin with an opportunity for adolescents to participate in civic activities, such as community service or political volunteering. In this report, the authors expand this theoretical perspective by arguing that programs to promote positive citizenship may need to begin by focusing on: social interactions in youths' lives, such as interactions with parents and peers;...
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The idea of a set of skills, usually called civic skills, which are required to effectively participate in civic and political life, is integral to many concepts of political participation. This literature search is designed to investigate what is known about civic skills empirically and theoretically including how they are defined and measured, and what relationship they have to political participation.
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The influence of Kids Voting USA, an interactive civics curriculum taught during election campaigns, is assessed in the context of three field experiments that took place during the fall of 2002. The research sites are Maricopa County, Arizona; El Paso County, Colorado; and Broward/Palm Beach counties, Florida. Presented are findings from the first wave of a panel study on the long-term effects of the curriculum on high school juniors and...
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Political scientists generally support the view that education is effective at promoting the quantity and quality of civic participation. This study attempts to construct less ambiguous empirical evidence on this issue by identifying the causal effects of additional schooling on civic behaviors and knowledge. The research designs adopted here essentially parallel the extensive, empirical literature on the labor-market returns to schooling. More...
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There is relatively little evidence on how private and public schools compare with regard to the promotion of civic engagement, and the limited evidence that does exist generally suggests that private schools (Catholic schools, in particular) are often better at promoting civic participation and political tolerance than public schools. However, the contemporary empirical evidence is based on youth, not adult, behaviors. Furthermore, a widely...
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This paper describes the results of a field experiment aimed at increasing turnout among young Latinos in Fresno, CA conducted in the fall of 2002. Canvassers went door-to-door during the final two weekends before Election Day to urge registered young people to go to the polls. Young people of all races/ethnicities were targeted. In addition to testing the effectiveness of personal contact and how this varies among registered voters of various...
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This book presents service-learning research that focuses on units of analysis ranging from the individual student to the community partnership. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies are used to explore a variety of issues.
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This issue brief discusses diversity in service-learning. It covers the challenges in formulating a successful multicultural service-learning experience for preservice teachers. The authors discuss the steps to attaining the optimal service-learning experience and recommendations for teacher educators, community representatives, and teacher candidates.
