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Download full textOstrow, James, Ed.; Hesser, Garry, Ed.; Enos, Sandra, Ed. – 1999
The articles in this volume, seventh in a series of monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines, discuss service learning in sociology or students engaging in sociological analysis through projects designed to make a positive impact on communities. The discussions consider ways that service learning projects can be adapted in most…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, School Community Relationship
Zlotkowski, Edward, Ed. – 2002
This collection presents essays on service-learning and its role in the education of first-year college students. Following a preface by John N. Gardner and an introduction by Edward Zlotkowski, the chapters of section 1, "Making the Case for Service-Learning in the First Year of College," are: (1) "High School Service-Learning and the Preparation…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Freshmen, Curriculum, First Year Seminars
Becker, Theodore L., Ed.; Couto, Richard A., Ed. – 1996
This volume links theory to practice by featuring tested techniques in teaching democracy by being democratic in the classroom. The book is divided into three parts and six chapters with an introduction presenting a theoretical and analytical framework of democracy and democratic pedagogy. Part 1 features "The Democratic Classroom" and includes…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Pinhey, Laura A., Ed. – 2000
This volume is a compilation of annotated bibliographies on four current popular trends in social studies education: (1) renewal of democratic purposes in social studies education; (2) service learning; (3) deliberation about public issues; and (4) character education. The bibliographies are drawn from the Educational Resources Information Center…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizenship Education, Civics, Elementary Secondary Education
Balliet, Barbara J., Ed.; Heffernan, Kerrissa, Ed. – 2000
This volume, 17th in a series of monographs on service-learning and the academic disciplines, discusses the role of service learning as part of women's studies. Essays discuss the ways that the ideology of service has allowed the devaluation of service work, and they consider the importance of service learning for the student as well as the…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, School Community Relationship
Godfrey, Paul C., Ed.; Grasso, Edward T., Ed. – 2000
The articles in this volume, 15th in a series of monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines, show how student learning can be enhanced by joining management theory with experience and management analysis with action. Service learning prepares business students to see new dimensions of relevance in their coursework, and it provides…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, College Students, Higher Education
Outcalt, Charles L., Ed.; Faris, Shannon K., Ed.; McMahon, Kathleen N., Ed. – 2001
The selections in this volume explain how, through service learning, residential living, community work, and student organizations, students can become leaders and more effective citizens. The chapters are: (1) "An Interview with Helen S. Astin" (Kathleen N. McMahon); (2) "The Emergence of Inclusive, Process-Oriented Leadership" (Shannon K. Faris…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Education, Educational Practices, Higher Education
Reeher, Grant, Ed.; Cammarano, Joseph, Ed. – 1997
These essays address education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. The collection offers examples of efforts to create among students a new set of what Alexis de Tocqueville called "mores" or culturally defining "habits of the heart" that enhance citizenship, foster a sense of connectedness to a community, and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics
Direct linkMiller, Richard L., Ed.; Amsel, Eric, Ed.; Kowalewski, Brenda Marsteller, Ed.; Beins, Bernard C., Ed.; Keith, Kenneth D., Ed.; Peden, Blaine F., Ed. – Society for the Teaching of Psychology, 2011
To promote student engagement, professors must actively seek to create the conditions that foster engagement. Chickering and Gamson (1987) suggest that good practices in undergraduate education are ones that: encourage student-faculty contact, develop reciprocity and cooperation among students, encourage active learning, provide students with…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Majors (Students), Undergraduate Study
Howell, Leanne L., Ed.; Lewis, Chance W., Ed.; Carter, Norvella, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Yes We Can: Improving Urban Schools through Innovative Educational Reform is a empirically-based book on urban education reform to not only proclaim that hope is alive for urban schools, but to also produce a body of literature that examines current practices and then offer practical implications for all involved in this arduous task. This book is…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, School Restructuring, Test Results
Rubin, Beth C., Ed.; Giarelli, James M., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2007
This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context; re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and practiced; and taking stock of where we are currently through use of an historical…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Civics, Citizenship
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1999
This publication contains journal essays and book chapters from publications of the National Council of Teachers of English. The publication's first section, "Diverse Students, Diverse Teachers," contains the following articles: (1) "Dispositions toward Language: Teacher Constructs of Knowledge and the Ann Arbor Black English…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Student), English Curriculum, English Instruction
Gulati-Partee, Gita, Ed.; Finger, William R., Ed. – 1996
This compilation includes practical and transferable principles that can be used by service-learning practitioners. The 39 case studies and personal essays in the compilation are organized around critical issues in strengthening long-term institutional and community support for K-12 service-learning programs. Each article describes how the issue…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Program Implementation
Shamoon, Linda K., Ed.; Howard, Rebecca Moore, Ed.; Jamieson, Sandra, Ed.; Schwegler, Robert A., Ed. – 2000
Part book, part CD-ROM, this publication offers new ideas for transforming advanced writing courses. The 33 essays in the publication describe and offer concrete examples of curriculum that incorporates discipline-based theory and history, that situates writers in public discourse, and that fully prepares students for careers as writers. The…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Tsang, Edmund, Ed. – 2000
This volume, the 14th in a series of monographs on service learning and academic disciplinary areas, is designed as a practical guide for faculty seeking to integrate service learning into an engineering course. The volume also deals with larger issues in engineering education and provides case studies of service-learning courses. The articles…
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Development, Engineering, Engineering Education
