Developing Civic Engagement in General Education Political Science

Autor/inn/en	Huerta, Juan Carlos; Jozwiak, Joseph
Titel	Developing Civic Engagement in General Education Political Science
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 4 (2008) 1, S.42-60 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
Schlagwörter	Political Science; Citizenship Education; Citizen Participation; Student Participation; College Students; Civics; Relevance (Education); Student Attitudes; Political Issues; Newspapers; Student Motivation; Democracy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Collegestudent; Staatsbürgerkunde; Relevance; Relevanz; Schülerverhalten; Politischer Faktor; Newspaper; Zeitung; Schulische Motivation; Demokratie
Abstract	How can we promote student and civic engagement amongst our students? At Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, the political science courses in the First Year Learning Communities Program have been using the "New York Times" as a supplemental reader to increase student engagement both inside and outside the classroom. The paper will examine the effectiveness of the "New York Times" in increasing student civic engagement inside the classroom by assessing the newspaper effectiveness in three ways: making the class material more relevant; helping the students to stay abreast with the news; and improving their attitude toward politics. The paper will also examine whether reading the "New York Times" has stimulated a desire to make a difference in their communities. The expectation is that students using the newspaper will demonstrate gains in all four attitudes about civic engagement in comparison to students not using the "New York Times." (Contains 1 figure, 2 tables, and 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10