ERIC Number: EJ1070619
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Building Civic Bridges: Community-Centered Action Civics
LeCompte, Karon; Blevins, Brooke
Social Studies, v106 n5 p209-217 2015
Project-based learning is an example of powerful social studies learning in which student engage in active inquiry. Action civics is a relatively new educational practice in which students "act as citizens" through a cycle of research, action, and reflection about problems they care about in their community. "Building Civic Bridges" offers teachers a model for students to develop and enact inquiry-based projects that reflect positive, and active, civic dispositions.
Descriptors: Civics, Active Learning, Student Projects, Social Studies, Inquiry, Educational Practices, Community Education, Service Learning, Semi Structured Interviews, Essays, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Self Efficacy, Teacher Workshops, Summer Programs, Faculty Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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