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Baker, Vicki L.; Walling, Carrie Booth – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
Employing an institutional case study approach, this manuscript features two high-impact learning opportunities open to Albion College students who seek to contribute to solving real-world problems in collaboration with local and surrounding communities: Albion College Community Collaborative (AC3) and Human Rights Lab. The programmatic approach…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Higher Education, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1996
As increased attention is placed on the role of schools in the development of character, community service/service learning, the concept of providing instrution through the study of community issues, action to address them, and reflection on the experience, can help meet school and community goals. Through community service/service learning,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pestello, Frances G.; And Others – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Describes a community-based model for undergraduate education that employs the concept of the citizen scholar. Citizen scholars integrate their academic activities of teaching, research, and community service into a coordinated whole. Discusses development of this model, and the implications and effects of its implementation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Community Action, Community Development
American Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Special Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship. – 1996
Organized around the theme of community service, this booklet provides teachers and lawyers with classroom materials for elementary grades K-3 (Level A), intermediate grades 4-6 (Level B), middle school grades 6-8 (Level C), and high school grades 9-12 (Level D). In addition, each level contains pages for the lawyer (marked by the scales of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Action
Gonzales, Katrina – 2000
This brief paper tells the story of a group of high school students in West Texas who worked together to solve a language problem in their local public schools. They determined that there was a need to have better bilingual resources and services available to new arrivals with limited or no English language speaking ability. The bulk of the paper…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, English (Second Language), High School Students