| The Influence of Civic Education on Electoral Engagement and Voting |
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Diana Owen
Associate Professor of Political Science
Georgetown University
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Paper presented at APSA’s Teaching and Learning Conference,
Albuquerque, N.M., February 11-13, 2011.
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Dr. Owen found that the greater the amount and quality of civic education, the more likely people were to turn out to vote and to participate in campaign activity. Respondents who had no civic education were substantially less likely to vote in 2008 and in prior presidential contests than those who had taken a civics course or participated in a civics program. There is a difference of over 20 percentage points in reported voting between those who have no civic education and those who have taken at least a civics or social studies course. |
| Civic Education and Social Media Use |
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Diana Owen
Associate Professor of Political Science
Georgetown University |
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Suzanne Soule
Director of Research and Evaluation
Center for Civic Education |
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Jennifer Nairne
Center for Civic Education |
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Rebecca Chalif
Georgetown University |
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Michael Davidson
Georgetown University |
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Kate House
Georgetown University |
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Paper presented at the 2010 Annual American Political Science Association Conference |
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September 2–5, 2010 |
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This study is the first to examine the possibility that formal civics training provides a foundation for civic engagement that is conducive to the use of novel methods of engaging the polity. The study found that each step toward greater interactivity in civics instruction predicted greater use of social media in the 2008 elections. Findings also showed that those with civics training were two times more likely to use social media than those without. Extracurricular activities were not found to narrow the gap. Unless extracurricular activities specifically focused on political engagement, such as debate and volunteering for a campaign, they were not found to predict social networking activity in the 2008 election. |
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| Civic Education and the Development of Participatory Norms |
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Diana Owen
Associate Professor of Political Science
Georgetown University
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Suzanne Soule
Director of Research and Evaluation
Center for Civic Education |
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Paper presented at the 2010 Annual American Political Science Association Conference |
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September 1, 2010 |
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This study examines the relationship between civic education and participation in extracurricular activities, and the development of a sense of civic duty. The results indicate that greater exposure to civic education and more active and innovative teaching methods correspond with higher levels of civic duty and voting responsibility, but not a duty to serve in the military. Participation in political and service extracurricular activities is also related to a general sense of civic duty and voting responsibility. |
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| The Return of Civic Education |
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In this article from the Phi Delta Kappan, Donovan Walling describes the history and current state of civic education in the United States and the efforts of the Center and other organizations to revive the subject. Writes Walling, "but civic education is on the road back to the core of them American school curriculum, where it belongs." |
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Donovan Walling |
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Senior Consultant |
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Center for Civic Education |
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December 14, 2007 |
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Article published in the Phi Delta Kappan
Vol. 89, No. 4, December 2007
Reproduced with the permission of Phi Delta Kappa International, Inc. |
| School and Civic Behavior |
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Margaret Stimmann Branson |
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Paper presented at the National Symposium in Rabat, Morocco |
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Rabat, Morocco |
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May 23-24, 2007 |
| Civic Duty |
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David Bradley |
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Speech delivered at the Project Citizen Conference |
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Dallas, Texas, USA |
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October 08, 2005 |
| Conference Introduction and Overview |
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Charles N. Quigley |
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Executive Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the Third Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education |
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Washington, D.C., USA |
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September 25, 2005 |
| Standards and Citizens' Role |
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What are the Basic Goals of the Development of Standards for Political Education in Germany? |
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Wolfgang Sander |
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Professor |
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Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, Didaktik der Sozialwissenschaften |
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Speech delivered at the German American Conference |
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Freiburg, Germany |
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Septempber, 2005 |
| Differences in Gender and Civic Education in Ukraine |
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Alden W. Craddock |
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Assistant Professor, School of Teaching and Learning and Director, International Democratic Education Institute |
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College of Education, Bowling Green State University |
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Paper presented at the European Consortium of Political Research General Conference |
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2005 |
| Remarks to the Judges of the Competition |
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Margaret Stimmann Branson |
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Associate Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution 2005 National Finals |
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Crystal City, Virginia, USA |
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April 29, 2005 |
| Speech of Yang Berhormat Dato |
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Co-sponsored by the Malaysian Citizenship Initiative and the Center for Civic Education |
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Dr. Toh Kim Woon |
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on behalf of the Chief Minister of Penang |
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Speech delivered at the Educating the Young for Active Citizenship Conference |
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Penang, Malaysia |
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December 11, 2004 |
| What Needs to Be Done to Ensure A Proper Civic Education? |
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A Project of the Alliance for Representative Democracy United States Senate |
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Charles N. Quigley |
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Executive Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the The First Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education |
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Washington, D.C., USA |
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September 21, 2003 |
| Promoting Civic Education |
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A Presentation to the White House Forum on American History, Civics, and Service |
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Charles N. Quigley |
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Executive Director, Center for Civic Education |
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May 01, 2003 |
| The Importance of Promoting Civic Education |
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Sponsored by the Center for Civic Education |
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Margaret Stimman Branson |
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Associate Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the 2nd Annual Scholars Conference |
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Pasadena, California |
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January 31, 2003 |
| Patriotism and Civic Literacy |
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Margaret Stimmann Branson |
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Associate Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the We the People State and District Coordinators Conference (2002) |
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Washington, D.C. |
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June 30, 2002 |
| Critical Issues in Civic Education |
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Margaret Stimmann Branson |
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Associate Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the We the People National Conference for State and District Coordinators (2000) |
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Washington, DC |
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June 01, 2000 |
| Global Trends in Civic Education |
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Charles N. Quigley |
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Executive Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the Seminar for New Indonesian Civic Education |
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Center for Indonesian Civic Education, Bandung, Indonesia |
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March 29, 2000 |
| The Role of Civic Education |
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An Education Policy Task Force position paper from The Communitarian Network (http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps) |
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Margaret Stimmann Branson |
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Associate Director, Center for Civic Education |
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September 01, 1998 |
| CIVITAS@UWMadison.1995 |
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In cooperation with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Program in Integrated Liberal Studies, and Bradley Learning Community of the College of Letters and Science and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters |
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R. Freeman Butts |
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Speech delivered at the 10th Annual Convocation of the Meiklejohn Education Association |
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October 01, 1995 |
| Rights: An International Perspective |
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An address to the first Plenary Session of Annual Leadership Conference of the Center for Civic Education Marina del Rey, California |
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Margaret Stimmann Branson |
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Associate Director, Center for Civic Education |
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Speech delivered at the Annual Leadership Conference |
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Marina del Rey, California |
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June 21, 1991 |
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