ERIC Number: EJ1124830
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
Pages: 18
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Developing Civic Engagement in University Education: Predicting Current and Future Engagement in Community Services
Li, Manyu; Frieze, Irene Hanson
Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, v19 n4 p775-792 Dec 2016
One of the important goals of education is for students to learn to be responsible civic participants. Thus, the time students spend in college is invaluable. It is important that students learn to participate and be responsible citizens of their community during their time in college (Giles and Eyler in "Mich J Community Serv Learn" 1:77-85, 1994). In this study, a program to help achieve this important educational goal is presented and evaluated. This involved the examination of the impact of actual participation in a community service activity on students' changes in attitudes and future intentions. A path model based on predictions drawn from place attachment theory was developed and tested to examine how participating in a community service activity affected students' place attachment and interests in community service. Two-hundred-and-nine university students participated in the study. Results confirmed the hypothesized model. Implications for enhancing student involvement in their communities and encouraging their development into responsible citizens were discussed.
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Universities, Higher Education, Prediction, Community Services, College Students, Citizenship Responsibility, Educational Objectives, Student Attitudes, Attachment Behavior, Community Involvement, Student Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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