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Civic Engagement

Civic Engagement By David Stein dult education about public issues is an important part of our David Stein is a professor of adult educa- Atradition that has been shrinking in tion at The Ohio State University. With recent decades. The following example of Susan Intel, he co-edited Adult Learning in local collaboration on behalf of civic Community: New Directions for Adult and engagement illustrates an approach that could Continuing Education, No. 95, Fall 2002. be emulated elsewhere. The Council for Public Deliberation (CPD) is a community group dedicated to promoting deliberative democracy by engaging citizens in discussions of issues important to the local community and to the nation. The council, located in central Ohio and meeting since 1998, accomplishes its mission by sponsoring deliberative forums, providing training for citizen moderators and by partnering with local organizations to conduct discussion groups. During late summer 2002, the council held a retreat to revisit its role in the community and to develop a strategy to further engage the community in the deliberative process. The council would be successful when the groups could work with a variety of "America's Role in the World" would be community organizations, work with the released in January 2003. This http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Civic Engagement

Stein, David
Adult Learning , Volume 13 (4): 2 – Sep 1, 2002
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SAGE
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© 2002 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
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1045-1595
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2162-4070
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10.1177/104515950201300403
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By David Stein dult education about public issues is an important part of our David Stein is a professor of adult educa- Atradition that has been shrinking in tion at The Ohio State University. With recent decades. The following example of Susan Intel, he co-edited Adult Learning in local collaboration on behalf of civic Community: New Directions for Adult and engagement illustrates an approach that could Continuing Education, No. 95, Fall 2002. be emulated elsewhere. The Council for Public Deliberation (CPD) is a community group dedicated to promoting deliberative democracy by engaging citizens in discussions of issues important to the local community and to the nation. The council, located in central Ohio and meeting since 1998, accomplishes its mission by sponsoring deliberative forums, providing training for citizen moderators and by partnering with local organizations to conduct discussion groups. During late summer 2002, the council held a retreat to revisit its role in the community and to develop a strategy to further engage the community in the deliberative process. The council would be successful when the groups could work with a variety of "America's Role in the World" would be community organizations, work with the released in January 2003. This

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