Recommendations for university leaders, professors, staff, and students to foster civic learning across the three levels¶

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Description¶

The article directs recommendations at four stakeholder groups. University leaders are encouraged to adopt "a holistic notion of education" that includes civic learning, promote curricular and extracurricular initiatives, and foster a civic campus environment by recognizing good citizenship and acting against academic dishonesty. Professors should use service-learning and take advantage of tutoring and mentoring to instill civic values; administrative and service staff can model good citizenship; students are encouraged to take personal responsibility for civic learning and to participate in university decisions and associations.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A clear understanding of the principal goals of education and the mission of a university; continuous training of professors

Constraints¶

• If education is considered a mere instructional activity, civic learning will not be on the university agenda

Target Learners¶

• university students
• university leaders
• professors
• administrative and service staff

Target Learning Goals¶

• civic or citizenship competence

Related Strategies¶

• Methodological orientations and strategies for professors to promote integrated learning of civic competence

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Key Sources¶

• Naval, C.; Villacís, J.L.; Ibarrola-García, S. (2022). The Transversality of Civic Learning as the Basis for Development in the University. Educ. Sci. 2022, 12, 240. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12040240