Civic Skill Building
The Missing Component in Service Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6097002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Kirlin (Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 571-575 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096502000872 |
| OpenAlex | W2143284401 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper suggests one reason for the weak empirical results relative to civic engagement is that many service and volunteer programs have failed to sufficiently address development of fundamental civic skills such as expressing opinions and working collectively to achieve common interests as part of their design. As a result, while some studies of service learning participants show enhanced compassion and interest in social problems generally, those attitudinal changes do not consistently translate into behavioral changes (Eyler, Giles, and Braxton 1997; Perry and Katula 2001). This paper reviews recent empirical studies of community service, service learning, and volunteering, and then frames the consistently strong evidence that participation in clubs and organizations during adolescence leads to higher levels of civic engagement during adulthood within the political participation model developed by Verba, Schlozman, and Brady (1995
Business · Civic engagement · Compassion · Empirical evidence · Empirical research · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Service-learning · Sociology · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Marketing
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Gender Mainstreaming in Political Science Experiential Learning Programs
Vegelate’ and Greece
The impact of organisational attributes on political participation
Information They Can Trust
Service Learning Outside the U.S
Assessing the Effects of Voluntary Youth Service
Volunteer tourism, development and education in a postcolonial world
Benefits of Volunteerism across the Life Span
Collaborative Service-Learning
Scaffolding Student Learning
Transborder Service Learning
The Impact of Community Service Learning Upon the Expected Political Voice of Participating College Students
If Someone Asked, I’d Participate
Immigrants' membership in civic associations
Service Learning and Civic Engagement
Citizenship, civic education and politics
Understanding Student Complaints in the Service Learning Pedagogy
Citizenship Education and Youth Participation in Democracy
Promoting Political Agency, Addressing Political Inequality
Not Your Parents' Political Socialization
Individual resource contributions to voluntary organizations in the United States
Generative fatherhood and children's future civic engagement
Long-Term Effects of Volunteerism During the Undergraduate Years
Long-Term Effects of Community Service Programs
Does Service Affect Citizenship
Building Citizenship
Community Service and Political Identity Development in Adolescence
Service Learning in College Political Science
Social Capital and Service Learning
The Impact of Service Learning on Democratic and Civic Values
What We Know About Engendering Civic Identity
Adult Voluntary Associations and Adolescent Socialization
Social Integration and the Status-Attainment Process
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,09 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |