Student voice in the elementary years: Fostering youth-adult partnerships in elementary service-learning

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-575

  Serriere, Stephanie C ^a   Mitra, Dana ^a   Reed, Katherine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Elementary school; Ervice learning; Student voice; Youth participation; Youth adult partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863740035     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2011.10473466     Document Type: Article

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