Civic Engagement

Civic engagement involves participation and contribution to civic and public life through voting, staying politically informed, and engaging in community service. Civic engagement is important to service-learning because when service-learning programs address specific knowledge and skills, civic development is made explicit to students as a core learning outcome. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.

NSLC-Produced Resources

• Citizenship and Service-Learning in K-12 Schools
• Civics and History
• Civics in K-12 Education

NSLC Library Items

• A Promising Connection: Increasing College Access and Success through Civic Engagement (2010), Christine M. Cress, Cathy Burack, Dwight E. Giles, Jr.,  Julie Elkins, and Margaret Carnes Stevens (PDF)
• 2008 Civic Health Index: Beyond the Vote (2008) (PDF)
• Civic Engagement in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices (2009), Barbara Jacoby
• The Devil is in the Details: Defining Civic Engagement (2009), Margaret Brabant and Donald Braid
• How Young People Develop Long-Lasting Habits of Civic Engagement: A Conversation on Building a Research Agenda (2009), Elizabeth Hollander and Cathy Burack (PDF)
• Young Citizens of the World: Teaching Elementary Social Studies Through Civic Engagement (2009), Marilynne Boyle-Baise and Jack Zevin
  

SLICE Ideas and Examples

• Responsibilities of Citizenship (K-12)
• THFM 490 Citizen Artist (HE)
• Write to Your Legislator (K-12)
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Related Websites

• Center for Civic Education
• CIRCLE: Center for Information and Research of Civic Learning and Engagement
• Civic Engagement Works!
• Civic Mission of Schools

Related Topics

• Civic Education