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Service Learning Now Attracts A New Kind Of Student, Frank Dimaria
Service Learning Now Attracts A New Kind Of Student, Frank Dimaria
Service Learning, General
SOCIOLOGY student Steve wrote in his reflective journal, "l have read countless articles regarding diversity in America and the many cultures represented in our great nation, However, I had never really understood or had taken in this idea as my own belief until my service-learning experience at the (New York State] Museum, I would especially recommend the service learning option..., I feel it should be required of all students as it teaches many things that cannot be learned in a classroom."
Volunteer Growth In America: A Review Of Trends Since 1974, Corporation For National And Community Service
Volunteer Growth In America: A Review Of Trends Since 1974, Corporation For National And Community Service
Service Learning, General
Throughout the history of the United States, Americans have valued an ethic of service. As Alexis de Tocqueville wrote over a century and a half ago, this ethic of service "prompts [Americans] to assist one another and inclines them willingly to sacrifice a portion of their time and property to the welfare of the state." Today, the ethic remains strong as Americans of all ages donate their time to schools, churches, hospitals, and other local nonprofits in an effort to improve their communities. Every day, people across the country mentor students, beautify neighborhoods, help older Americans to live independently, restore …
Issue Brief: Volunteer Growth In America: A Review Of Trends Since 1974, Corporation For National And Community Service
Issue Brief: Volunteer Growth In America: A Review Of Trends Since 1974, Corporation For National And Community Service
Service Learning, General
As part of its mission to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering; the Corporation for National and Community Service conducts periodic research into the volunteer activities of Americans. Its latest study, Volunteer Growth in America: A Review of Trends Since 1974, provides an in-depth look at volunteering over the past 30 years, with particular attention paid to changing historical volunteer patterns by select age groups. Like other studies in the Corporation, "Volunteering in America" series, the finding, in this report are based on data collected annually since 2002 by the US. Census Bureau and …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Of Service, Corporation For National And Community Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Of Service, Corporation For National And Community Service
Service Learning, General
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is all about promoting Dr. King's vision of building broad and diverse coalitions, breaking down barriers, and making our communities the best they can be. It is much more than just a day.
Mentored Service Learning And Rigorous Academics: Keys To Successful International Study Abroad Programs, Marie Bradshaw Durrant, Ralph B. Brown, Jacob B. Cluff, John W. Bevell
Mentored Service Learning And Rigorous Academics: Keys To Successful International Study Abroad Programs, Marie Bradshaw Durrant, Ralph B. Brown, Jacob B. Cluff, John W. Bevell
Service Learning, General
Using broad analyses of data for international study programs at Brigham Young University as well as a specific case study, we illustrate how the core concepts of service learning-experiences and involvement; mentoring and reflection; and linking service experiences with academic concepts-are key to successful international academic experiences for students. By using data from over 1,200 student post-program evaluations, 16 faculty director interviews, and a specific case study on a service learning course in Southeast Asia, we illustrate the importance of closely mentored service learning opportunities and rigorous academic expectations as keys to students' self assessed academic growth and over all …
Corporation For National And Community Service: Strategic Plan 2006-2010, Corporation For National And Community Service
Corporation For National And Community Service: Strategic Plan 2006-2010, Corporation For National And Community Service
Service Learning, General
Through the programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation), Americans are investing their time, energy, and talent to improve the lives of others and strengthen their communities. In the process, they are building a more engaged society and becoming leaders in civic life.
Service-Learning In Watershed-Based Initiatives: Keys To Education For Sustainability In Geography?, James Eflin, Amy L. Sheaffer
Service-Learning In Watershed-Based Initiatives: Keys To Education For Sustainability In Geography?, James Eflin, Amy L. Sheaffer
Service Learning, General
A call for combining the strengths of geographic education with environmental education to produce an 'education for sustainability' addresses local problems for sustainable development. A place-based approach encourages civic responsibility among students. Using service-learning to extend education beyond the classroom in this case study connected students with local clients in a watershed-based initiative. Theoretical underpinnings of service-learning for geographic education are discussed, and the case study is viewed from instructor, student, and client perspectives to identify successful outcomes and provide suggestions for those who might adopt service-learning for the first time.
Disciplining Service Learning: Institutionalization And The Case For Community Studies, Dan W. Butin
Disciplining Service Learning: Institutionalization And The Case For Community Studies, Dan W. Butin
Service Learning, General
This article argues that the service-learning field has been pursuing the wrong revolution. Namely, service learning has been envisioned as a transformative pedagogical practice and philosophical orientation that would change the fundamental policies and practices of the academy. However, its attempted institutionalization faces substantial barriers and positions service learning in an uncomfortable double-bind that ultimately co-opts and neutralizes its agenda. This article argues that a truly transformative agenda may be to create a parallel movement to develop an "academic home" for service learning within academic "community studies" programs. This "disciplining" of service learning is the truly revolutionary potential of institutionalizing …
Fulfilling Our Civic Mission: Service-Learning In Massachusetts, Community Service Learning Advisory Council
Fulfilling Our Civic Mission: Service-Learning In Massachusetts, Community Service Learning Advisory Council
Service Learning, General
Over the past twenty years, service-learning - the involvement of students in community service linked to classroom learning - has become an increasingly common component of schooling in Massachusetts and across the nation. Nationally, nearly a third of all public schools and half of all high schools report the use of service-learning in classrooms, up from less than 10% in 1984, In Massachusetts, the 2001-2002 survey of school districts discussed in this document points to a similar level of service-learning activity, with more than a third of all school districts reporting the use of service-learning in classrooms.
Service Learning In A Master Of Business Administration (Mba) Integrative Project Course: An Experience In China, Betty S. Coffey, Jia Wang
Service Learning In A Master Of Business Administration (Mba) Integrative Project Course: An Experience In China, Betty S. Coffey, Jia Wang
Service Learning, General
Service learning is a teaching method used by business faculty to link the learning goals and objectives of an academic course with meaningful community service.
Defining A Service-Learning Pedagogy Of Access And Success, Christine M. Cress
Defining A Service-Learning Pedagogy Of Access And Success, Christine M. Cress
Service Learning, General
Ask most college administrators how they define access and they would probably reply "inclusive opportunity." Ask most college faculty how they would identify a benchmark of success and they would probably reply "critical thinking skills." Indeed, our traditional notions of educational access and success tend to be either numerically delineated, "the number of entering or graduating students" or characterized as producing rationally oriented "leaders" and "citizens".
An Innovative Approach To Teaching Robotics, Jayfus T. Doswell, Pauline H. Mosley
An Innovative Approach To Teaching Robotics, Jayfus T. Doswell, Pauline H. Mosley
Service Learning, General
Problem Solving Using LEGOS is a 3-credit hour course offered to any student at Pace University of Pleasantville, New York. The class uses a project based learning environment, which consists of four design projects. This paper discusses the pedagogical advantages of teaching robotics in a mixed-reality environment with a virtual instructor as opposed to teaching robotics in a traditional laboratory setting.
Service Learning For Social Change: A Curriculum Development Workbook, Sli Winter Institute
Service Learning For Social Change: A Curriculum Development Workbook, Sli Winter Institute
Service Learning, General
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An Investment Prospectus: Strengthening Education And Democracy Through Service-Learning, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
An Investment Prospectus: Strengthening Education And Democracy Through Service-Learning, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Service Learning, General
Service-learning has deep roots in many American reforms, traditions, and disciplines. The cooperative extension movement in higher education, the settlement house work of Jane Addams, the pedagogies of John Dewey, the freedom schools of the African-American community: all these types of experiential education have connected young people to their communities as does service-learning. Service-learning is a teaching method that engages young people in community problem-solving as part of their education, both in school and out-of-school settings.
Service-Learning Summer Institutes, Jessica Donner
Service-Learning Summer Institutes, Jessica Donner
Service Learning, General
Summer institutes provide an important in-service education venue for educators to learn how to use servicelearning as a teaching practice. To learn more about the number and nature of service-learning summer institutes, the National Service-Learning Partnership studied the institutes held during the summer 2004 in order to...