Informed Social Reflection: Its Development and Importance for Adolescents' Civic Engagement

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 651-683

  Selman, Robert L ^a   Kwok, Janet ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent social development; Civic engagement; Ethical awareness; Facing history and ourselves; Historical understanding; Informed social reflection; Moral education; Perspective taking; Social awareness; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865538051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767603.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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