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Community-Based Learning and Research
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Dallimore, Elise; Rochefort, David A.; Simonelli, Kristen – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
Community-Based Learning and Research (CBLR) provides opportunities for institutions of higher education to achieve their goals of educating students, advancing teaching and scholarship, and meeting real needs of under-resourced communities and nonprofit organizations. By providing successful examples of campus and community partnership, this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Experiential Learning, Service Learning, Place Based Education
"Leave School and Learn": Seekonk High School's Independent Study Program.
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Anderson, Jay D. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the Independent Study Program of Seekonk High School (Massachusetts), a program that allows students to leave school on a regular basis to volunteer within the community. Seniors choose a project and submit it for approval. Suggestions are given for implementing and sustaining such a program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Change, High School Seniors, High Schools
Caring as an Educational Experience.
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Brown, Celia Elizabeth – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the C.A.R.E. program, a student-led program that pairs high school students with elementary school students with moderate special needs for eight weeks of art and recreation. High school students benefit from learning about others with special needs, and elementary school students benefit from quality time with a mentor. (SLD)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students
Students Teaching Students: A Model for Service and Study.
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Dillon, Peter W.; Van Riper, Robyn – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the community service learning (CSL) activities of the Students Teaching Students program at LEAD USA in Williamstown (Massachusetts), a program that lets students set their own learning goals and receive college credit for CSL. The Berkshire Energy Project through Williams College, one model of this program, is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Students, Equal Education
The Benefits of Service Learning in a Down-Turned Economy
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Peters, Theodore; McHugh, Mary Ann; Sendall, Patricia – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2006
With businesses struggling for resources during economic downturns, traditional business student internships were becoming more difficult to develop. One business school extended its experiential learning opportunities with specific management projects in community small business, healthcare, education, and non-profit organizations. The on-campus…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Economic Climate, Business Administration Education, Human Resources
Community Service Learning as Pedagogy.
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Kinsley, Carol W. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
The case study of community service learning (CSL) by an interdisciplinary team at a middle school in Springfield (Massachusetts) provides information about what happens when teachers integrate community services into the curriculum as an instructional strategy. Community theater management and environmental lobbying projects illustrate issues in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Community Service Learning at Putnam High School.
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Gonzalez, Juan; And Others – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
A male minority-group high school student and a teacher at Putnam High School in Springfield (Massachusetts) share experiences with community service learning (CSL) projects. A project facilitator describes the plans for implementing CSL throughout the city. (SLD)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, High School Students
Community Service Learning: One School's Story.
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Kelliher, Margaret F. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes community service learning (CSL) programs at Pottenger School, Springfield (Massachusetts). The kindergarten through grade-12 school, a literature-based whole-language school, integrates CSL into the curriculum through writing about student experiences. CSL projects have included feeding the homeless, corresponding with a soldier, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Elementary Education