Through surveys, focus groups, and action workshops, the CDP empowered students to identify issues that impact their lives on-campus and within their wider community and introduced them to best practices on engagement with policy-making, governing institutions.
CASE
Community Democracy Project: Tennessee State University College of Public Service
October 3, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
- General Issues
- Education
- Governance & Political Institutions
- Scope of Influence
- Organization
- Start Date
- End Date
- Ongoing
- No
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- A single, defined period of time
- Purpose/Goal
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Research
- Approach
- Citizenship building
- Research
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Not applicable or not relevant
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
- Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
- Captive Sample
- Targeted Demographics
- Students
- General Types of Methods
- Research or experimental method
- Experiential and immersive education
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Collect, analyse and/or solicit feedback
- Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Survey
- Focus Group
- Workshop
- Legality
- Yes
- Facilitators
- Yes
- Facilitator Training
- Trained, Nonprofessional Facilitators
- Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
- Face-to-Face
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Teaching/Instructing
- Ask & Answer Questions
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Academic Institution