| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 136 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : why "educating citizens"? why now? / Steven G. Jones and James L. Perry -- Tips for first timers -- Classroom activities -- Service learning and educating citizens -- Assessing student learning -- Departmental and disciplinary approaches to educating citizens -- Educating citizens through research -- Overcoming barriers to educating students for citizenship. |
| Summary |
Quick Hits for Educating Citizens presents university faculty and administrators with ideas and strategies for integrating civic education into university curricula. Fifty-eight succinct essays from across the disciplines offer successful models for curriculum-based civic education activities and strategies for engaging students outside the classroom. Reflecting best practices as well as individual approaches to educating students for citizenship, this is an outstanding resource for university faculty in every discipline, as well as administrators and students in schools of education. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Service learning -- United States.
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Service learning. |
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United States. |
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Service learning -- Curricula -- United States.
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Political participation -- United States.
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Political participation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Perry, James L.
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Jones, Steven G.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Quick hits for educating citizens. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2006 0253218675 9780253218674 (DLC) 2005031633 (OCoLC)62741358 |
| ISBN |
9780253112125 (electronic book) |
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0253112125 (electronic book) |
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0253218675 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253218674 |
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