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Direct linkBoland, Josephine A. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Civic engagement in higher education encompasses a diversity of goals, strategies and activities. These include particular approaches to teaching and learning--community-based or service learning--which share an explicit civic focus and combine the features of experiential learning with opportunities for engagement. A range of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Citizen Participation, Teaching Methods
Download full textAdams, Clementina E. – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Service-learning projects, especially the ones focused on the community, and on the Hispanic community in particular, need to be based on real felt and documented needs, and the outcomes need to be assessed in order to decide the worth and possible sustainability of the projects. This paper will focus on service-learning samples from my courses,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Hispanic Americans, Outcomes of Education
Largent, Liz – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
In recent decades, many institutions of higher education have responded to community and student learning needs through the development of service-learning programs (Sapp & Crabtree, 2002). Community colleges have been noted as leaders in the establishment of service-learning programs. The purpose of this study was to better understand the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Community Colleges, College Students, Nontraditional Students
McDonnell, Claire; Ennis, Patricia; Shoemaker, Leslie – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of student learning from community engagement by critically assessing the implementation of this pedagogical approach in the context of teaching and learning chemistry and also evaluating the role of personal development in student-community engagement.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Community Needs, School Community Relationship, Chemistry
Parker, Elizabeth Anne; Myers, Natasha; Higgins, Helen Christine; Oddsson, Thorun; Price, Meegan; Gould, Trish – Higher Education Research and Development, 2009
Community service learning is the integration of experiential learning and community service into coursework such that community needs are met and students gain both professional skills and a sense of civic responsibility. A critical component is student reflection. This paper provides an example of the application of community service learning…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Service Learning, Citizenship Responsibility, Participant Satisfaction
Tschopp, Daniel J. – Journal of Education for Business, 2004
In this article, the author explains the trend toward service learning projects in higher education and justifies their use in the field of accounting. He describes a service learning project that was used to directly address the development of the competencies listed in the Core Competency Framework created by the American Institute of Certified…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Service Learning, Accounting, Higher Education
