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Teaching About America's Fiscal Future in the University's Core Curriculum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2010

Steven Galatas  and
Cindy Pressley
Steven Galatas
Affiliation:
Stephen F. Austin State University
Cindy Pressley
Affiliation:
Stephen F. Austin State University
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Civic engagement is increasingly recognized as a significant function of public universities. The university provides a variety of opportunities for civic engagement, including co-curricular activities, service learning opportunities, and specific majors and minors. This article reviews the attempt to embed civic engagement and civic education about the national debt and budget deficit issues in a university core curriculum course at Stephen F. Austin State University. We focus on specific issues of curriculum instruction and assessment of student learning of knowledge regarding the debt and deficit issues.

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The Teacher Symposium
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 323 - 326
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2010

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