Teaching About America's Fiscal Future in the University's Core Curriculum

Bibliographic Data

ID12376848
AuthorsSteven Galatas (Stephen F. Austin State University, corresponding author), Cindy L Pressley (Stephen F. Austin State University), Cindy Pressley
Year2010
Volume43
Issue2
Pages323-326
Publication date2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1049096510000211
OpenAlexW1966840906
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Civic engagement is increasingly recognized as a significant function of public universities. The university provides a variety of opportunities for civic engagement, including co-curricular activities, service learning opportunities, and specific majors and minors. This article reviews the attempt to embed civic engagement and civic education about the national debt and budget deficit issues in a university core curriculum course at Stephen F. Austin State University. We focus on specific issues of curriculum instruction and assessment of student learning of knowledge regarding the debt and deficit issues

Business · Civic engagement · Community engagement · Core curriculum · Curriculum · Debt · Function (biology · Pedagogy · Political science · Public engagement · Public relations · Public service · Service (business · Service-learning · Sociology · State (computer science · Student engagement · Variety (cybernetics · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership · Public Administration · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Finance