The Transdisciplinary Nature of Citizenship and Civic/Political Engagement Evaluation

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 559-592

  Higgins D'Alessandro, Ann ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic education outcomes; Civic education processes; Evaluation strategies; Evaluator expertise; Interactive approaches; Measurement development; Multimethod studies; Program theories; Service learning; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885516594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767603.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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