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Associations Of Civic Attitudes In Service Learning, Christina M. Roemer
Associations Of Civic Attitudes In Service Learning, Christina M. Roemer
Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship
Civic responsibility is comprised of actions and attitudes associated with democratic governance and social participation. Students enrolled at institutions of higher education have the opportunity to transform their social interests into advocacy through personal connections with the community. Service learning is an effective method of increasing citizenship participation and civic responsibility by incorporating community service activities with academic coursework.
This study used survey research to examine the civic attitude scores of service learning students at a large, public, mid-Atlantic state university. The research questions attained information on the associations among students who perform written and discussion reflection activities (outside of …