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Public Achievement is an "initiative" of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College.〔(PA in Center for Democracy and Citizenship )〕 It involves young people working in teams on a public work project of their choice. An adult coach, typically a teacher or university student trained in the process and concepts of Public Achievement, guides team members through the following stages: exploration and discovery; issue selection and development; problem research; designing a project; implementing the action plan and making the work visible; and celebrating. Throughout the process, the coach holds team members accountable, and creates space for reflection and opportunities for each team member to practice and refine their civic skills. The coach makes overt connections between the group’s work and civic and political concepts. Ideally, an experienced PA site coordinator provides mentoring and assists PA coaches in reflecting on their own learning. Public Achievement was designed to give young people the opportunity to be producers and creators of their schools and their communities, not simply customers or clients. The goals of Public Achievement in its pilot project stage were to test whether young people could learn to have an impact on problems in their schools and neighborhoods in a serious way, to define this work in political terms, and to integrate civic education, including a rich vocabulary of civic concepts such as “citizen teacher,” into institutions that work with young people. Through communication with Public Achievement participants, the Center for Democracy and Citizenship identifies best practices and incorporates them into PA training and materials. The CDC produces training guides and instructional DVDs and maintains a Public Achievement web site〔(Public Achievement )〕 with a variety of materials to support PA teams, coaches, and site coordinators. ==History== Public Achievement was created in 1990 by Harry Boyte,〔(Harry Boyte )〕 co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, in partnership with several other collaborators. It grew out of a series of focus groups with more than 200 young people in which participants were asked about problems in their schools and communities, and about their views on politics and public life. These young people were capable of listing any number of problems, but saw themselves outside of the solutions and outside of politics and public life. A variety of evaluations have found that PA is successful in developing young people’s confidence, communications and problem-solving skills, and ability to work effectively with others. In 1997 it was featured as a model of youth civic education by the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, co-chaired by William Bennett and Sam Nunn. In 2005, it was cited as an approach to civic education in the (Civic Mission of Schools report ) of the Carnegie Corporation and (CIRCLE ). In 2007, Public Achievement was a finalist for the prestigious Carl Bertelsmann prize, an international award for "innovative approaches and outstanding ideas that help shape and further develop democratic societies." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Public Achievement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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