Extracurricular activities provide only modest support for civic commitment, and sports participation is unrelated to it¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participation in after-school clubs has a quite modest impact on commitment to civic participation, and participation on sports teams is unrelated to its development. → Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne 2007

Evidence¶

Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne 2007¶

Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne. (2007). Educating for Democracy: Lessons from Chicago. Consortium on Chicago School Research Research Brief. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/educating-democracy-lessons-chicago

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Longitudinal analysis of the Chicago survey data compared extracurricular participation with classroom civic learning factors. The authors report that "the impact of participating in after-school clubs is quite modest" and that sports team participation was unrelated to civic commitment development.

"our data suggest that the impact of participating in after-school clubs is quite modest, and, in line with previous research, our data also indicate that participating on sports teams is unrelated to the development of commitment to civic participation"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Civic Mindedness — outcome: instruction changes it

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