FACET ’s newest “Quick Hits”, Quick Hits for Educating Citizens , is now available for sale. Look for articles published by your own colleagues, along with articles from other educators nationwide.

This volume focuses on civic engagement, and the rationale behind making civic engagement an intentional component of curriculum. It provides 58 essays, from multiple disciplines, with successful models of curriculum-based civic engagement activities and strategies for engaging students outside of the classroom. Jim Perry, Director of the Indiana University American Democracy Project, and Steve Jones, Coordinator of the Office of Service Learning, IUPUI, edited the volume. Sharon Hamilton and Bob Orr served as consulting editors.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Tips for First Timers

Chapter 2: Classroom Activities

Chapter 3: Service-Learning and Educating Citizens

Chapter 4: Assessing Student Learning

Chapter 5: Departmental and Disciplinary Approaches to Educating Citizens

Chapter 6: Educating Citizens through Research

Chapter 7: Overcoming Barriers to Educating Students

Click here to purchase your copy of Quick Hits for Educating Citizens through the FACET office.