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APSA Teaching and Learning Conference: A Summary of Four Tracks

Track Two: Civic Education and Service Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2004

Nathan Zook
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee
Alan R. Gitelson
Affiliation:
Loyola University, Chicago

Extract

Service-learning and civic education have become popular pedagogical themes as higher education attempts to embody diversity and innovation in our teaching models. This trend, however, has resulted in disagreement over the means by which service-learning and the civic education theme should be incorporated into the classroom. Some educators have sought to jump on the bandwagon without really attempting to learn exactly what these tools entail, resulting in a diffusion of their effectiveness.

Type
The Teacher
Copyright
© 2004 by the American Political Science Association

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