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Building Citizenship: How Student Voice in Service‐Learning Develops Civic Values

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  • William Morgan
  • Matthew Streb

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Objective. Though many decry the decline in political participation and interest, few academic studies present a clear approach to help reverse these trends. This paper examines the impact of service‐learning programs on students' self‐concept, political engagement, and attitudes toward out‐groups. Methods. The data come from a pre and post survey given to more than 200 high school students in 10 different schools. We use Huber regression to assess the impact of student voice in the service‐learning project on six dependent variables. Results. We show that if students are involved in service‐learning projects in which they have a high degree of voice and ownership, their self‐concept and political engagement will improve, and they become more tolerant toward out‐groups. Conclusion. In short, having a voice in service‐learning programs builds citizenship.

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  • William Morgan & Matthew Streb, 2001. "Building Citizenship: How Student Voice in Service‐Learning Develops Civic Values," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 82(1), pages 154-169, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:82:y:2001:i:1:p:154-169
    DOI: 10.1111/0038-4941.00014
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    1. Peter Frumkin & JoAnn Jastrzab & Margaret Vaaler & Adam Greeney & Robert T. Grimm & Kevin Cramer & Nathan Dietz, 2009. "Inside national service: AmeriCorps' impact on participants," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(3), pages 394-416.
    2. McBride, Amanda Moore & Johnson, Elizabeth & Olate, Rene & O'Hara, Kathleen, 2011. "Youth volunteer service as positive youth development in Latin America and the Caribbean," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 34-41, January.
    3. Christina L. Hicks-Goldston, 2011. "Invitational Rhetoric and the Case for Service Learning," SAGE Open, , vol. 1(3), pages 21582440114, October.
    4. Matthew H. Lee & Molly I. Beck, 2021. "Assessing the Impact of Holocaust Education on Adolescents’ Civic Values: Experimental Evidence from Arkansas," Evaluation Review, , vol. 45(6), pages 334-358, December.

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