Civic Pedagogies: Teaching Civic Engagement in an Era of Divisive Politics

Dr. Lauren C. Bell is James L. Miller Professor of Political Science, Special Assistant to the Provost, Randolph-Macon College.

Dr. Allison Rank is Associate Professor, Chair, Politics, SUNY Oswego.

Dr. Carah Ong Whaley is Academic Program Officer, Center for Politics, University of Virginia.

Part I: Introduction.- Part II: Theoretical Considerations for Civically-Engaged Pedagogy.- Chapter 1. First Comes Trust: Civic Engagement Strategies for Jump-Starting the Civic Voluntarism Model.- Chapter 2. Structurally Dynamic Public Spheres: Making Sense of Relationships, Polarization, and Civic Engagement.- Chapter 3. American Paideia: Reclaiming the Rhetorical Tradition in Civic Education.- Chapter 4. Tailoring Civic Learning for Divisive Politics: Rude Politics and College Students' Political Engagement.- Chapter 5. Toward a Critical Theory of Service Learning at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.- Chapter 6. Civic Education for the Majority: Centering Women in Civic Education.- Part III: Practical Examples of Civically-Engaged Pedagogies.- Chapter 7. Digging In: Academic and Practitioner Insights on Cultivating Reciprocal, Sustained Campus-Community Undergraduate Research Partnerships.- Chapter 8. Enacting Engagement: Teaching State-Level Policy Advocacy.- Chapter 9. Tearing DownWalls: Teaching Political Science in Prison.- Chapter 10.Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education: Larping Legislators and Lobbyists.- Chapter 11. The Holocaust Education Service-Learning Project as Deliberative Community Engagement.- Chapter 12.Together Beyond: Fostering Agency and Connection within Campus Communities.- Chapter 13. USF St. Petersburg-YMCA Civic Fellows: Developing University-Community Partnerships to Improve Civics Education.- Part IV: The Benefits and Challenges of Civically Engaged Pedagogy.- Chapter 14. Civic Engagement at Teaching-Focused Universities: Navigating the Challenges for Pre-Tenure Faculty.- Chapter 15. Against the Grain: Fostering Civic Engagement Through Expanding Your Research Agenda.- Chapter 16. Creating and Sustaining Civic Engagement Initiatives on Campus: Four Questions Administrators Should Always Ask.- Chapter 17. Toward the Transformative: The Benefits to Students of Reimagining Civic Pedagogy.- Part V: Assessing Civically Engaged Pedagogies.- Chapter 18. Using Classical Behavioral Theory to Build Assessment of Civic Engagement.- Chapter 19. Assessing a Campus-wide Civic Engagement Initiative.- Chapter 20. Assessing Civic Skill Instruction in Political Science.- Chapter 21. Is the Engagement Working? Assessing Political Engagement Across Multiple Departments.- Part VI: Concluding Thoughts: Civically-Engaged Pedagogy in an Era of Divisive Politics.