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Tinkler, Alan; Tinkler, Barri; Gerstl-Pepin, Cynthia; Mugisha, Vincent M. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
This article reports on how one teacher education program utilized a Learn and Serve America grant to embed service-learning experiences into its practices. Included are narrative reflections on how the program faculty developed a community-based, participatory approach to service-learning in order to act as a responsive partner to the needs of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Semi Structured Interviews
Yep, Kathleen S. – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
Interactions between universities and surrounding communities have the potential to create empowering education through community engagement. Innovative "town/gown" relationships such as multigenerational learning communities with immigrant communities may foster positive student learning outcomes while at the same time strengthen local…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Immigrants, Adult Education, Community Education
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Reynolds, Nora Pillard – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2014
This study explored the perspectives of community organization representatives and community residents about a partnership between a College of Engineering and a rural municipality in Nicaragua. The intended community outcomes described by university participants during interviews corresponded with tangible project outcomes, such as access to…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Community Attitudes, Partnerships in Education
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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