TY - JOUR

T1 - Deliberation by, with, and for University Students

AU - Bogaards, Matthijs

AU - Deutsch, Franziska

PY - 2015/4/3

Y1 - 2015/4/3

N2 - This research note about a project-based course on deliberative democracy shows how political theory, research methods, and civic engagement can be fruitfully combined. The novel course format allowed students to practice and study democracy at the same time. Our undergraduate students organized a Deliberation Day on campus and then analyzed the results. As predicted in the literature, the deliberative experience increased the knowledge of the participants, which resulted in opinion change and stimulated engagement. Moreover, Deliberation Day put the issue of student community service on the university’s agenda.

AB - This research note about a project-based course on deliberative democracy shows how political theory, research methods, and civic engagement can be fruitfully combined. The novel course format allowed students to practice and study democracy at the same time. Our undergraduate students organized a Deliberation Day on campus and then analyzed the results. As predicted in the literature, the deliberative experience increased the knowledge of the participants, which resulted in opinion change and stimulated engagement. Moreover, Deliberation Day put the issue of student community service on the university’s agenda.

KW - Politics

KW - community service

KW - deliberation

KW - democracy

KW - project

KW - students

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929457438&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/15512169.2015.1016036

DO - 10.1080/15512169.2015.1016036

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 11

SP - 221

EP - 232

JO - Journal of Political Science Education

JF - Journal of Political Science Education

SN - 1551-2177

IS - 2

ER -