Doing Poverty: Learning Outcomes among Students Participating in the Community Action Poverty Simulation Program

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-273

  Steck, Laura West ^a   Engler, Jennifer N ^a   Ligon, Mary ^a   Druen, Perri B ^a   Cosgrove, Erin ^a  

^a YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; poverty; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959570069     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X11407347     Document Type: Article

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