Maintaining Interest in Politics: ‘Engagement First’ in a U.S. High School Government Course

Purpose: Increasing students’ political interest has been a longstanding goal of civic education. One way to trigger students’ interests in political issues is by engaging them first in an attention grabbing activity (i.e., assigning them to roles). Because it is important to examine not only how ro...

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Main Authors: Jane C. Lo, Gavin Tierney
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/1572