Community Service through Facilitating Focus Groups: The Case for a Methods-Based Service-Learning Course.

Collier, Peter J.; Morgan, David L.

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ERIC Number: EJ678375

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Publication Date: 2002

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Community Service through Facilitating Focus Groups: The Case for a Methods-Based Service-Learning Course.

Collier, Peter J.; Morgan, David L.

Teaching Sociology, v30 n2 p185-99 Apr 2002

Explores the utility of focus group methodology as a tool for community service and student community-based learning through a service learning college course. Concludes with a discussion of how the group's focus aids student comprehension of sociology. (Author/KDR)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Focus Groups, Higher Education, Service Learning, Social Integration, Social Structure, Sociology, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Teaching Sociology is a peer reviewed journal.