Answering the Call: Offering and Analyzing Civil Discourse Opportunities in Undergraduate Public Affairs Education

Autor/inn/en	Barnes, Philip; Morris, Michael P.; Pierce, Andrea L.; Shaffer, Timothy J.
Titel	Answering the Call: Offering and Analyzing Civil Discourse Opportunities in Undergraduate Public Affairs Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Public Affairs Education, 29 (2023) 2, S.213-231 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Barnes, Philip) ORCID (Morris, Michael P.) ORCID (Pierce, Andrea L.) ORCID (Shaffer, Timothy J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-6803
DOI	10.1080/15236803.2022.2148604
Schlagwörter	Public Affairs Education; Undergraduate Students; Citizenship Education; Civics; Democracy; Public Policy; Policy Formation; Governance; Prosocial Behavior; Student Educational Objectives; Curriculum; Skill Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Demokratie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politische Betätigung; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	The widening cracks in the foundations of American democracy are leading to appeals for higher educational institutions generally, and public affairs programs specifically, to offer more courses on civil discourse. In this paper, we conduct a curriculum scan to evaluate the extent to which public affairs programs have answered these calls at the undergraduate level. The findings indicate that civil discourse-themed courses are essentially absent in the largest undergraduate public affairs programs, leaving the calls woefully unanswered. Then, analyzing students' pre-post survey responses from a new course that offered content on the intersection of civil discourse and public policy making, we find that a civil discourse-themed course can simultaneously answer the calls and ensure that students meet the objectives of baccalaureate public affairs education recommended by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. The results are encouraging for public affairs education and democratic governance alike. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01