Adult Civic Education through the National Issues Forums: Developing Democratic Habits and Dispositions through Public Deliberation

Autor/in	Gastil, John
Titel	Adult Civic Education through the National Issues Forums: Developing Democratic Habits and Dispositions through Public Deliberation
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 54 (2004) 4, S.308-328 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Field Studies; Adult Educators; Citizenship Education; Adult Education; Adult Programs; Political Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Praxisforschung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung
Abstract	Adult educators stress the importance of civic education, but few studies have theorized and measured the impact of such educational programs. This study presents a social cognitive model of political participation that posits connections among deliberative education, civic dispositions, and political conversations. The validity of this model was tested using two field studies of National Issues Forums participants, and the results provided partial support for the model. The first investigation indicated that deliberative civic education had a negative relationship with participants' group efficacy and conversation dominance and positive associations with the ideological and demographic diversity of participants' conversation networks. A second study demonstrated that civic dispositions and behaviors were positively associated with forum experiences that involved higher levels of reading, listening, observing, and enactment. These findings suggest the potential value of deliberative forums as a means of civic education, but they also demonstrate that forums vary considerably in their educational impact. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10