Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines (2017)
Explains how campuses can promote high quality education for civic engagement, providing a wealth of examples of successful practices, techniques, and assessment strategies.
Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen (2013)
Provides an exploration of key theoretical discussions, innovative ideas, and best practices in educating citizens in the 21st century.
Selected Chapter Summaries
Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines
Chapter 1 | Why Do We Need Government? The Role of Civic Education in the Face of the Free Rider Problem | Jane Mansbridge, Harvard Kennedy School |
Chapter 2 | The Politically Engaged Classroom | Nancy Thomas and Margaret Brower, Tufts University |
Chapter 3 | Deliberative Pedagogy’s Feminist Potential: Teaching Our Students to Cultivate a More Inclusive Public Sphere | J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University |
Chapter 4 | The Essential Role of Campus Planning in Student Civic Education | Andrew J. Seligsohn and Maggie Grove, Campus Compact |
Chapter 5 | Excerpts from a Crucible Moment and Civic Prompts | Caryn McTighe Musil, Northwestern University |
Chapter 6 | Civic Education, A Key to Trust in Government | Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, Barrett and Greene Inc. |
Chapter 7 | The History of Civic Education in Political Science, The Story of a Discipline’s Failure to Lead | Michael T. Rogers, Arkansas Tech University |
Chapter 8 | Active Learning and the Acquisition of Political Knowledge in High School | Diana Owen and G. Isaac W. Riddle, Georgetown University |
Chapter 9 | Essential School Supports for Civic Learning | Shawn P. Healy, Robert R. McCormick Foundation Democracy Program |
Chapter 10 | Using Twitter to Promote Classroom and Civic Engagement | Gina Serignese Woodall and Tara M. Lennon, Arizona State University |
Chapter 11 | All Politics Is Local: Teaching Urban Studies to Suburban Students | Constance A. Mixon, Elmhurst College |
Chapter 12 | Promoting Civic Engagement in a Required General Education Course | John Suarez, SUNY Cortland |
Chapter 13 | Fostering Civic Engagement Through the Arts: A Blueprint | Constance DeVereaux, Colorado State University |
Chapter 14 | Service-Learning in an Environmental Engineering Classroom: Examples, Evaluation, and Recommendations | Tara Kulkarni and Kimberly Coleman, University of Vermont |
Chapter 15 | Partnering with Campus and Community to Promote Civic Engagement: Miami University’s Citizenship and Democracy Week | John Forren, Miami University |
Chapter 16 | Teaching Faculty to Teach Civic Engagement: Interdisciplinary Models to Facilitate Pedagogical Success | Sarah Surak and Alexander Pope, Salisbury University; Christopher Jensen and Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Towson University |
Chapter 17 | Politically Themed Residential Learning Communities as Incubators of Interest in Government and Politics | John McTague, Towson University |
Chapter 18 | Collaborative Civic Engagement, A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Democracy with Elementary and University Students | Ann N. Crigler, Gerald Thomas Goodnight, Stephen Armstrong, and Aditi Ramesh, University of Southern California |
Chapter 19 | Unscripted Learning: Cultivating Engaged Catalysts | James Simeone, James Sikora and Deborah Halperin, Illinois Wesleyan University |
Chapter 20 | New Resources for Civic Engagement: The National Survey of Student Leaders, Campus Associational Life, and the Consortium for Inter-Campus SoTL Research | J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University and Elizabeth A. Bennion, University South Bend |
Chapter 21 | Civic Engagement Centers and Institutes Promising Routes for Teaching Lessons in Citizenship to Students of All Disciplines | Elizabeth C. Matto, George Washington University and Mary McHugh, Merrimack College |
Chapter 22 | Moving Forward with Assessment: Important Tips and Resources | Elizabeth Bennion, University South Bend |
Chapter 23 | Politics 365, Fostering Campus Climates for Student Political Learning and Engagement | Nancy Thomas and Margaret Brower, Tufts University |