2022
DOI: 10.1177/00224871221105791
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“I Don’t Think Kids Nowadays Feel Like They Have a Lot of Power”: Exploring Teacher Civic Commitments in a National Online Letter Writing Project

Abstract: This study investigates teacher participation in a national online youth civic letter writing project through the lens of teacher civic commitments. Drawing on in-depth interviews and survey data from teachers who participated in the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, civic commitments are articulated through civic beliefs, learning goals, instructional enactments, and geopolitical context. With a generic shared belief in “youth voice,” teachers enacted the civic letter writing project through instruct… Show more

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“…It is worth noting that there is another question: "I think I have a lot of power", 4% of the people chose "I strongly disagree". Such a result is not unexpected [5]. This phenomenon shows that in modern design, children rarely have the opportunity to participate in decision-making but are regulated and restricted by teachers.…”
Section: When An Individual Gets Along With Othersmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…It is worth noting that there is another question: "I think I have a lot of power", 4% of the people chose "I strongly disagree". Such a result is not unexpected [5]. This phenomenon shows that in modern design, children rarely have the opportunity to participate in decision-making but are regulated and restricted by teachers.…”
Section: When An Individual Gets Along With Othersmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…Often, submissions were part of a class project and facilitated by a teacher, typically in Social Studies or English Language Arts class. Classroom teachers facilitated these civic writing and media projects in all different manners, with different priorities guiding their diverse pedagogical decisions (see Gargroetzi & Garcia, 2022).…”
Section: Context and Datamentioning
confidence: 99%