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Developing Civic Education in the United States: A Case Study of Olathe, Kansas' Youth Congress Program
dc.contributor.advisor | Carlin, Diana B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Crawford, Angela | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-25T22:11:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-25T22:11:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-04-23 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10798 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6418 | |
dc.description.abstract | An informed and active citizenry is essential for a well-functioning democracy, and how we teach children citizenship has the potential to invigorate citizen engagement and responsibility. This research looks at a program that seeks to do just that: the Student Development Department's (SDD) Youth Congress program in Olathe, Kansas. Current and past Youth Congress participants were surveyed as well as non-participants at the high school and college levels to evaluate the effectiveness of Youth Congress as a civic education program. Results found that current and past participants of Youth Congress scored higher on measures of political and civic engagement than non-participants. Furthermore, Youth Congress is a significant predictor of political and civic action. Finally, the study assessed how effective the SDD is at recruitment and how they can increase access to their programs. These results provide direction for schools wanting to provide more effective civic education for their students. | |
dc.format.extent | 116 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Communication | |
dc.subject | Social sciences education | |
dc.subject | Case study | |
dc.subject | Citizen engagement | |
dc.subject | Civic education | |
dc.subject | Civic engagement | |
dc.subject | Political engagement | |
dc.subject | Public sphere | |
dc.title | Developing Civic Education in the United States: A Case Study of Olathe, Kansas' Youth Congress Program | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Hanzal, Alesia | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Childers, Jay | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Communication Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 7078833 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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