Investigating the Impact of Generation Citizen’s Action Civics Education Program on Student Academic Engagement

Cohen, Alison K.; Fitzgerald, Jason; Ridley-Kerr, Abby; Castro, Elena Maker; Ballard, Parissa J.

doi:10.1080/00098655.2021.1927942

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“…The study clarifies the tenets that underpin Dewey's conception of democratic life and shows how they might encourage students' subsequent civic involvement. The study highlights the value of organic labor, appreciating students' initiative and diversity of opinion, fostering relationships among coworkers in diverse contexts, and civics facilitator training programs for social integrity in action (Cohen, Fitzgerald, Ridley-Kerr, Maker Castro, & Ballard, 2021).…”

Section: Volunteer Civic Responsibilitiesmentioning

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Civic Responsibility among Young Generation: A Case Study of Universities in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Anjum,

Akhtar,

Hafeez

et al. 2024

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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The objectives of the study was to explore the levels of the civic participation, civic characteristics of the university students and efforts made by the universities to develop a good sense of civic responsibility in the students. Present study was a quantitative descriptive research based on survey questions asked from the students belonged to four out of nine large universities from Southern Punjab. A Stratified random sampling (SRS) technique was used to select a suitable size of sample. After data collection SPSS V.29.0.1 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) was used to analyse the descriptive statistics using percentage frequencies, mean values, multiple regression analysis and correlation coefficient. Among respondents 70% had an average level of sense of civic responsibility and 30% had low level of sense of civic responsibility in terms of civic participation (Table 1). Results of civic responsibility in terms of civic characteristics explored that 42% of the respondents have high level of civic characteristics, 30% of the respondents have average level of civic responsibility and 28% of the respondents have low level of civic characteristics (Table 2). Results of regression analysis had also predicted that civic characteristics of the students and civic participation both variables have significant impact on student’s sense of civic responsibility (Table 3) and that there is positive correlation between perceptions about civic participation and services provided by the university (Table 4).Overall conclusion of the study was that the students have an average level of civic responsibility and universities should take necessary initiatives to make students responsible citizens.

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Section: Volunteer Civic Responsibilitiesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Civic Responsibility among Young Generation: A Case Study of Universities in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Anjum,

Akhtar,

Hafeez

et al. 2024

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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“…Research indicates that critical reflection and sociopolitical control fostered through civic education on personally relevant issues (Diemer and Li, 2011) are associated with voting behaviour and civic action outside school. A consensus has emerged in the field of youth civic engagement that high-quality civic education requires some combination of enquiry, dialogue and action in collaboration with others, to foster youths' critical understanding, sense of belonging and agency as civic actors (Cohen et al, 2021;Lee et al, 2021). This approach has been viewed as particularly relevant for marginalised youth because it focuses on student enquiry into personally relevant issues, structural factors that contribute to the experience of inequity, and students' commitment to and capacity for contributing to their communities (Ito and Cross, 2022).…”

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Civic action on social media: fostering digital media literacy and epistemic cognition in the classroom

Felton

Middaugh

Fan

2023

International Journal of Social Pedagogy

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Social media has become a dominant force in civic life amid widespread concerns about its role in political polarisation and in the spread of misinformation. To prepare citizens to take on these challenges, we need civic education that teaches youth to be capable and responsible consumers, conveyors and producers of online information. To do so, teachers must position students as epistemic agents, fostering the skills they need to engage with online information. In this article, we present the first iteration of a design-based research project on social media and civic action. The project prepares high school students in rural, urban and suburban settings located in Northern California (USA) to engage with issues that resonate with them, to critically examine information about these issues from online sources and to use social media as a vehicle to connect with, inform and mobilise the public. We present the basic design principles that teachers have used to support apt epistemic performance, focusing on the epistemic aims (creating knowledge products that inspire civic action), ideals (taking personal responsibility for the accuracy of information when posting) and reliable processes (sourcing, fact checking and correctly representing information) embedded in their units of instruction. Drawing on teacher interviews and curriculum, we explore the affordances of the curriculum to promote civic action by leveraging student engagement in social media, while also challenging them to critically examine how knowledge is produced and disseminated on social media. We conclude with a discussion of how this work intersects with the aims and methods of social pedagogy.

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Teaching Civics: An Overview of Instructional Strategies Using Primary Sources, Role-Play and Simulations, and Academic Service Learning for Teaching Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

Halverson,

Tucker,

Smith

2024

The Social Studies

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Investigating the Impact of Generation Citizen’s Action Civics Education Program on Student Academic Engagement

Cited by 5 publications

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Civic Responsibility among Young Generation: A Case Study of Universities in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Civic Responsibility among Young Generation: A Case Study of Universities in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Civic action on social media: fostering digital media literacy and epistemic cognition in the classroom

Teaching Civics: An Overview of Instructional Strategies Using Primary Sources, Role-Play and Simulations, and Academic Service Learning for Teaching Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

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