We employed a quasi‐experimental design using pre/post surveys and comparisons with control groups to examine the impact of the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s CityWorks (U.S.A.) curriculum. In particular, we assessed its ability to further democratic aims by supporting the development of three forms of social capital: norms of civic participation, social trust, and knowledge of social networks. Our evaluation indicates that this curriculum and several of its curricular features (use of simulations, role models, service learning, learning about problems in the community, learning how local government works, and personal relevance) have the potential to further the democratic purposes of education. Key words: democratic education, simulat...
Many citizens have disengaged from participation in civic life with a resulting call for new initiat...
Canadians live in a world of mega‐spin where public relations corporate lobbyists play an increasing...
Drawing on historical and contemporary scholarship on citizenship education, I have outlined how suc...
This article explores how four minority students in a university access program reconciled their pre...
All children born in Manitoba in 1984 were tracked for 18 years to assess their grade‐ 12 performanc...
In the context of information and communication technologies in five Newfoundland coastal communitie...
This research, conducted with an introductory sociology class at the University of British Columbia ...
In this article, I draw on an ethnographic case study of one Toronto elementary school, as part of a...
In this two‐year study, we evaluated a formal mentoring program by examining the retention rate and ...
This study investigates the relationship between the number of students with special needs (designat...
Findings in this article indicate that training programs use a key pedagogical and ideological disco...
This analysis draws on interview data from a three‐year study of educational decision making of yout...
There seems to be a race in the global age for universities to be associated with specific attribute...
Although a positive relationship between socio‐economic status and academic achievement is well‐esta...
This study examined the congruence between the priorities of the Manitoba govern‐ ment’s Kindergarte...
Many citizens have disengaged from participation in civic life with a resulting call for new initiat...
Canadians live in a world of mega‐spin where public relations corporate lobbyists play an increasing...
Drawing on historical and contemporary scholarship on citizenship education, I have outlined how suc...
This article explores how four minority students in a university access program reconciled their pre...
All children born in Manitoba in 1984 were tracked for 18 years to assess their grade‐ 12 performanc...
In the context of information and communication technologies in five Newfoundland coastal communitie...
This research, conducted with an introductory sociology class at the University of British Columbia ...
In this article, I draw on an ethnographic case study of one Toronto elementary school, as part of a...
In this two‐year study, we evaluated a formal mentoring program by examining the retention rate and ...
This study investigates the relationship between the number of students with special needs (designat...
Findings in this article indicate that training programs use a key pedagogical and ideological disco...
This analysis draws on interview data from a three‐year study of educational decision making of yout...
There seems to be a race in the global age for universities to be associated with specific attribute...
Although a positive relationship between socio‐economic status and academic achievement is well‐esta...
This study examined the congruence between the priorities of the Manitoba govern‐ ment’s Kindergarte...
Many citizens have disengaged from participation in civic life with a resulting call for new initiat...
Canadians live in a world of mega‐spin where public relations corporate lobbyists play an increasing...
Drawing on historical and contemporary scholarship on citizenship education, I have outlined how suc...