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Bridging Policy and Grassroots Action With Technology: A Framework for Civic Engagement in Environmental Sustainability [PDF]
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Grassroots and civic organizations are increasingly recognized as “middle actors” in sustainability, leveraging ICT‐driven solutions to bridge top‐down policies with bottom‐up citizen engagement and behavioral change. This study examines how civic organizations in Finland and Singapore integrate digital tools to support sustainable waste ...
Mikhail Ola Adisa +4 more
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Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract As young people explore and reflect on the conditions of their neighborhoods and communities, they can forge a critical consciousness—merging their perspectives and analysis to direct both individual and collective actions. Photovoice is a methodological tool that allows participants to document their perspectives and analysis and discuss with
Linnea L. Hjelm +4 more
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, 2008 In understanding the meaning of community service, service learning, and civic engagement we also understand how they are interconnected. Civic engagement is motivated by the need to improve society as a whole. Civic service extends beyond volunteerism
Scafidi, Sarah
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe +2 more
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A Qualitative Investigation of Civic Engagement and Well-Being among Non-College-Bound Young Adults
YouthYoung adulthood is an important developmental milestone during which individuals could greatly benefit from health promotion tools. Civic engagement has been linked with positive mental health and well-being; however, little is known about civic behavior
Natalie Fenn +5 more
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Civic Engagement at the Crossroads of Online and Offline Spaces: A PLS-SEM Assessment
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2019 This study addresses citizen implication in societal issues, and analysis it at the crossroads of online and offline spaces. It draws on previous literature to advance a research model which differentiates between online and offline forms of civic ...
Adriana Zait, Andreia Gabriela Andrei
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
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The Internet and Civic Engagement [PDF]
, 2009 Based on a survey, analyzes how socioeconomic status and other demographics correlate with online and offline political and civic engagement.
Aaron Smith +3 more
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
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A Public Voice for Youth: The Audience Problem in Digital Media and Civic Education [PDF]
, 2008 Part of the Volume on Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth.Students should have opportunities to create digital media in schools.
Peter Levine
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