Call Your Representatives: Connecting Classroom Learning to Real-World Policy Action

Autor/in	Ghoshal, Raj
Titel	Call Your Representatives: Connecting Classroom Learning to Real-World Policy Action
Quelle	In: Teaching Sociology, 47 (2019) 1, S.51-58 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0092-055X
DOI	10.1177/0092055X18792608
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Public Officials; Self Efficacy; Civics; Student Attitudes; Learning Activities; Telecommunications; Public Policy; Sociology; Citizen Participation; Empowerment; Critical Theory; Active Learning; Undergraduate Students; Course Descriptions; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Staatsbürgerkunde; Schülerverhalten; Lernaktivität; Telekommunikationstechnik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Soziologie; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Kritische Theorie; Aktives Lernen; Kursstrukturplan
Abstract	This article presents an in-class exercise that teaches students how to call elected officials about a course-related issue of their choice. The goals are to connect classroom learning with real-life action, to show that contacting elected officials need not be difficult or intimidating, and to help students develop a sense of efficacy that can contribute to ongoing engagement. I describe the exercise and present evidence that it led students to call their elected officials, most for the first time ever. I show that students find the exercise interesting and empowering and that it increases their civic comfort and self-reported likelihood of contacting a representative in the future. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01