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  • Teaching Civic Engagement Globally: Spreading the Word

  • ELIZABETH C. MATTO
  • Journal:
    Political Science Today / Volume 1 / Issue 4 / November 2021
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    09 December 2021, pp. 8-9
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    November 2021
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  • Methodological Lessons Learned from Conducting Civic Education Researchin High Schools

  • Elizabeth C. Matto, Timothy Vercellotti
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    PS: Political Science & Politics / Volume 45 / Issue 4 / October 2012
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 September 2012, pp. 728-735
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    October 2012
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  • With the growing size of the “Millennial Generation” and its potential impact onAmerican democracy, the civic education of this cohort deserves study. Using newsmedia and discussion of politics at home and in the classroom at four public highschools in New Jersey, we conducted an experiment to measure changes in media use,political knowledge, and political efficacy. Although the experiment generateduseful substantive findings, we also learned important lessons about the challengesassociated with conducting research in high schools. We present suggestions to aidin studying a crucial segment of the population: adolescents who are on the cusp ofentering the electorate.