Bringing the Community into the Classroom: Applying the Experiences of Social Work Education to Service-Learning Courses in Sociology.

Lowe, Jane Isaacs; Reisch, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ604204

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Bringing the Community into the Classroom: Applying the Experiences of Social Work Education to Service-Learning Courses in Sociology.

Lowe, Jane Isaacs; Reisch, Michael

Teaching Sociology, v26 n4 p292-98 Oct 1998

Describes a year long graduate course in social work education that utilizes an experiential service learning framework. Illustrates how the graduate course could be adapted for teaching undergraduate sociology students about social problems within the community by linking fieldwork with a case study component. Discusses the undergraduate model in detail. (Contains references.) (CMK)

Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Community Problems, Course Content, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Service Learning, Social Problems, Social Work, Sociology, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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