Cultivating civic competence: Simulations and skill-building in an introductory government class

Journal of Political Science Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Bernstein, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship skills; Political learning; Scholarship of teaching and learning; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749143279     PISSN: 15512169     EISSN: 15512177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15512160701815996     Document Type: Article

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