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Baltutis, Peter E. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2021
This article offers a model of how to construct a course that makes the abstract principles of the Catholic social tradition more concrete through community-service learning (CSL). Primary source readings from scripture, the Apostolic Fathers, Thomas Aquinas, and the major documents of Catholic social thought provide the academic theory of the…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Service Learning, Community Services, Social Action
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Christie, Erica M.; Montgomery, Sarah E.; Staudt, Jessica – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2012
Dr. Wangari Maathai--"environmentalist, human rights advocate, global peace worker, and community builder"--passed away in 2011. The first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Maathai left a legacy even greater than the 47 million trees that her organization, the Greenbelt Movement, has planted across Kenya since 1977. As…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Foreign Countries, Reflection, Sustainable Development
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Sakar, A. Nurhan; Ozturk, Oznur – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
In 2006, following the Bologna Process, Turkish Council of Higher Education (YOK) adopted a resolution and changed the curriculum of teacher training higher education institutions. This curriculum revision introduced a new course called "Community Service" which aims to raise students' awareness of their responsibilities as individuals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Blended Learning, Web Based Instruction
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Petzold, Donald; Heppen, John – Journal of Geography, 2005
Many student geography organizations or clubs associated with colleges and universities undertake community service projects each year to meet local needs and to gain recognition within the community. A uniquely geographical project of playground map painting provides a great community service and goes one step further by incorporating elements of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Geography, Playgrounds, Elementary Schools
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Quezada, Reyes L.; Christopherson, Richard W. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2005
The need to provide alternative and exciting community service-learning experiences with university students has been a challenge to institutions of higher education. One institution was able to capitalize on an idea of integrating challenge and adventure-based activities as a form of community service. This article focuses on undergraduate…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Learning Experience