Deliberation by, with, and for University Students

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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.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Political Science Education
Volume11
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)221 - 232
Number of pages12
ISSN1551-2177
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 03.04.2015
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Politics
  • community service, deliberation, democracy, project, students