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ERIC Number: EJ398359
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Potential of Community Service to Enhance Civic Responsibility.
Rutter, Robert A.; Newmann, Fred M.
Social Education, v53 n6 p371-74 Oct 1989
Offers information useful to educators interested in implementing community-service programs. Provides estimates of students' participation in community service in U. S. high schools; describes the nature of the programs and students' experiences; and reports data which illustrate that the potential for influencing civic responsibility may not yet have been realized. (SLM)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Community Involvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Outcomes of Education, School Community Programs, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Volunteers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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