Developing citizens: The impact of civic learning opportunities on students' Commitment to civic participation

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 738-766

  Kahne, Joseph E ^a,c   Sporte, Susan E ^b  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Education ^*

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; High schools; Instructional design; Social studies education

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749109447     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208316951     Document Type: Article

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