Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ507780
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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A Framework for Understanding Older Adults' Civic Behavior.
Boggs, David L.; And Others
Educational Gerontology, v21 n5 p449-65 Jul-Aug 1995
From interviews with five older adults and information about six fictional and historical persons emerged a seven-stage continuum of motivations for adult civic involvement: basic needs, basic skills, emergent cause, project definition, project immersion, becoming an expert, and becoming an advocate. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Motivation, Older Adults, Volunteers
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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