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Service-Learning "Rules" that Encourage or Discourage Long-Term Service: Implications for Practice and Research.
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Werner, Carol M.; McVaugh, Natasha – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2000
Uses research and theory on intrinsic motivation to suggest that some service learning practices may be counterproductive over the long term. Offers suggestions about the structure of service learning requirements concerning: (1) choice and control over community assignments; (2) choice and control over how activities are undertaken on site; and…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Motivation Techniques, Persistence, Program Design
Service as Text: Making the Metaphor Meaningful.
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Varlotta, Lori – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2000
Proposing that faculty configure service learning as a course text, uses interdisciplinary theory to help faculty formulate detailed responses to: "What type of service text should I assign?" and "How will I meaningfully incorporate the service text with other texts used in the class?" In so doing, it focuses on the "learning" side of the service…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Organization, Interdisciplinary Approach, Service Learning
Combining Small Group Problem Solving with Service-Learning.
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Yelsma, Paul – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
Gives an overview of service-learning principles and a rationale for transforming traditional courses into service-learning courses. Presents small-group techniques for problem solving and increasing group service-learning success. Draws on author experience and research in other disciplines. Argues that, when theories of classroom instruction are…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Organization, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Learning While Serving in a Psychology Internship.
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Motiff, James P.; Roehling, Patricia V. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
Describes a Hope College (Michigan) undergraduate psychology internship program and how it integrates service and learning. Outlines the personal, professional, and curricular goals of the course and details of the internship program. An important element of the internship is the classroom component, which helps the student integrate academic and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Course Descriptions
Learning Peace? Creating a Class on Creating Community.
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Herman, Lee; Shortell, Joy W. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1996
Describes creation and implementation of a college service-learning course on "Nonviolence, Peace and Community" in response to local social conflict. The facilitators attempted to create the course from the community, using community participation, collaborative self-directed learning, a Socratic approach to group discussion, and an…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Responsibility, Classroom Communication, College Instruction
Writing the Ties that Bind: Service-Learning in the Writing Classroom.
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Cooper, David D.; Julier, Laura – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1995
The Service Learning Writing Project at Michigan State University links service-learning and writing instruction. Students read and discuss American literary and historical texts, write academic analyses of ideas, and practice peer editing and revision in small workshops, while working in service placements in community and nonprofit…
Descriptors: Assignments, Citizen Role, Citizenship Responsibility, College Instruction