Innovations in Civic Education
Developing Civic Agency Through Action Civics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11071283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brooke Blevins (0000-0001-6380-5824, Baylor University, corresponding author), Karon LeCompte (0000-0002-1278-2789, Baylor University), Sunny Wells (0009-0005-1589-1728, Baylor University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 344-384 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00933104.2016.1203853 |
| OpenAlex | W2507916402 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 30 |
It is imperative that schools and communities give students opportunities to participate in active citizenship and prepare them with the important skills and dispositions needed to become informed citizens. Action civics is a promising practice that puts students at the heart of civics learning by providing them with the opportunity to learn about civic and political action by engaging in a cycle of research, action, and reflection about problems they care about. As a response to move civics education toward a more action-oriented approach, the researchers planned and hosted two iterations of a summer civics institute for students entering 5th–9th grades. Using Jessica Gingold’s (2013) framework for action civics evaluation, this mixed-method research study explores the outcomes of the iEngage Summer Civics Institutes. Findings suggest that iEngage successfully incorporated four key competences from this framework, including producing 21st-century positive youth leaders, producing active and informed citizens, increasing youth civic participation, and encouraging youth civic creation. However, iEngage was not without its limitations and challenges
Action (physics · Agency (philosophy · Citizenship · Citizenship education · Civics · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Public Administration · Youth Development and Social Support
Critical Student Agency in an Integrated Social Studies Unit
Adolescent social innovation education
Systemic impacts of sustainability education
From Being a Workforce to Agents of Change
Beyond binaries
Boundary-crossing to support youth civic engagement
Teaching Racial History
“I Hesitate but I Do Have Hope”
Effects on digital citizenship
The Color of Civics
Solidarity, Resistance, and Liberatory Action
‘ Covid taught me…’
Did You Know?!… Cultivating Online Public Voice in Youth
The I-Acted study (investigating action civics training through an experimental design)
Town Destroyer and Controversial Murals
Creating Space for Transformational Community Engagement
Situating Students to Utilize Political Thinking When Encountering Subtle Racist Rhetoric
Activities to Engage Students in the "Authentic" Work as U.S. Senators About Voting Rights Issues
The Impact of an Action Civics Program on the Community & Political Engagement of Youth
Consensus Circle Presidential Rating
Jane Addams on Civic Education
Youthscaping Our Classrooms
How young adults explain their intention to participate in online direct citizen participation
A Systematic Review of the Last Decade of Civic Education Research in the United States
Toward a Cohesive Union? Currents and Cleavages in State Civic Education Policy Discourses
A Theory of Change for Scaling Critical Civic Inquiry
Civic Education and the Rise of Populist Nationalism
Cultivating empathic listening in democratic education
Speaking With Confidence and Listening With Empathy
Including Students’ Geographies in Geography Education
Fostering youth civic engagement through effective mentorship
A Curriculum and Pedagogy of Prison Abolition
Fostering Democratic and Social-Emotional Learning in Action Civics Programming
Civic reasoning through paranoid and reparative reading
Controversy in the Classroom
Liberty
No Citizen Left Behind
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture
Case Study Research
Handbook of Research in Social Studies Education
On Becoming a Pragmatic Researcher
Gen.com
Mind the civic empowerment gap
Positive Youth Development A View of the Issues
Building Civic Bridges
Identifying Best Practices in Civic Education
Redesigning Civic Education for the Digital Age
Community Service and Political Identity Development in Adolescence
What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy
Developing Citizens
Refraining the Meaning of “Political” in Research with Adolescents
Knowledge and Teaching
Social Action in the Social Studies
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |