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What Influences the Long-Term Sustainability of Service-Learning? Lessons from Early Adopters
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Vogel, Amanda L.; Seifer, Sarena D.; Gelmon, Sherril B. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2010
As service-learning is adopted by growing numbers of higher education institutions, there is increasing interest in understanding the factors necessary to sustain service-learning for the long-term. Institutions that were early adopters of service-learning may offer important insights into what factors influence long-term sustainability. With this…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Educational Strategies
Teaching Family Systems Theory through Service Learning
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Murray, Christine E.; Lampinen, Autumn; Kelley-Soderholm, Erin L. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2006
The authors present a rationale for incorporating service-learning projects into courses that teach family systems theory. A model program is presented to provide an example of the objectives, practical considerations, and student responses to such a project. Recommendations for counselor educators are made based on experience with the model…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Service Learning, Demonstration Programs, Counselor Training
Critical Friends and Service Learning: Bridging the Gap between School and Community.
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Clark, Margaret C.; And Others – Thresholds in Education, 1996
Describes the American Youth Foundation's role in enhancing school-community collaborations in the St. Louis area through service learning. As a "critical friend," AYF introduced new resources ($1.5 million and AmeriCorps assistance), developed a service-learning demonstration program, and helped build capacity to sustain changes by…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, Philanthropic Foundations
Students as Resources to the Aging Network.
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Firman, James P.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1983
Examines feasible outcomes and practical limitations of service learning as an approach for increasing the involvement of students in providing services to older persons. Based on findings from a national demonstration project, types of services students can perform are described and various types of service learning are explored. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Educational Gerontology
Can Urban School Reform and Community Development Be Joined? The Potential of Community Schools.
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Keith, Novella Z. – Education and Urban Society, 1996
Examines how the concepts of service and community might be made to serve the interests of those who are the heart of urban schools: students, their families, and neighborhood residents. The article introduces a model of community schools that is oriented to the inner-directed development of inner-city neighborhoods. (GR)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Schools, Community Services, Demonstration Programs
Investigating Urban Community Needs: Service Learning from a Social Justice Perspective.
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Maybach, Carol Wiechman – Education and Urban Society, 1996
Provides a critical perspective on service learning, and raises issues about focusing on the growth of students, which often ignores the service recipients and fails to ask how service is affecting the communities in which it is being performed. A new service-learning paradigm is offered to overcome some perceived inconsistencies in the existing…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Community Satisfaction, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged