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The Effect Of Teaching Experience On Service-Learning Beliefs Of Dental Hygiene Educators, Sharlee Burch
The Effect Of Teaching Experience On Service-Learning Beliefs Of Dental Hygiene Educators, Sharlee Burch
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The purpose of this non-experimental causal-comparative study was to determine if service-learning teaching experience affects dental hygiene faculty perceptions of service-learning benefits and barriers in the United States. Dental hygiene educators from entry-level dental hygiene education programs in the United States completed the Web-based Faculty Service-Learning Beliefs Inventory (wFSLBI) and a short demographic survey to determine the perceived differences in benefits at the classroom and community levels, and barriers at the classroom and institutional levels. Independent samples t tests and Mann-Whitney tests were employed in data analysis. Results from 317 surveys revealed there was a statistically significant difference between dental …