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Designing and Assessing a Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Course in Supply Chain Management
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Natarajarathinam, Malini; Qiu, Shaoping; Lu, Wei – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2023
In this paper, we describe an innovative design for a multidisciplinary service-learning course on supply chain management in the industrial distribution program housed in the College of Engineering at a large research university in Texas. The purpose of this course was to increase students' technical expertise and build a mindset and skills…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Information Management, Curriculum Design, Interdisciplinary Approach
A Quantitative Analysis of High Impact Practices and Civic Learning Outcomes among Community College Students
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Victoria D. Vogelgesang – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
This study aims to answer the following research question: How is participation in selected high impact practices (HIPs) that promote social capital associated with community college students' positive civic learning outcomes (CLOs) such as communication and listening, diversity, and consensus-building? This study analyzed responses to the 2019…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Social Capital, Civics, Learner Engagement
A Quantitative Analysis of High Impact Practices and Civic Learning Outcomes among Community College Students
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Victoria D. Vogelgesang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study aims to answer the following research question: How is participation in selected high impact practices (HIPs) that promote social capital associated with community college students' positive civic learning outcomes (CLOs) such as communication and listening, diversity, and consensus-building? This study analyzed responses to the 2019…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Social Capital, Civics, Learner Engagement
Building Civic Bridges: Community-Centered Action Civics
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LeCompte, Karon; Blevins, Brooke – Social Studies, 2015
Project-based learning is an example of powerful social studies learning in which student engage in active inquiry. Action civics is a relatively new educational practice in which students "act as citizens" through a cycle of research, action, and reflection about problems they care about in their community. "Building Civic…
Descriptors: Civics, Active Learning, Student Projects, Social Studies
Teaching the Social Studies through Your Local Community
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Filipovitch, Anthony J.; Ozturk, Talip – Social Education, 2012
There is no better site for political or democratic action than the school itself and the students' own community, according to educational philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952). Learning about local government provides students with authentic examples of democratic processes and institutions that shape their daily lives. Getting involved in local…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizen Participation, Local Issues, Local Government
The College Curriculum: A Reader. Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society. Volume 62
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DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
Mark Van Doren, the noted literary scholar, once remarked, "The college is meaningless without a curriculum, but it is more so when it has one that is meaningless." Many current critics of undergraduate curricula in America assent to the crucial need for programmatic renewal in our colleges and universities. They bemoan the cookie-cutter…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, General Education