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Using Sport To Build Community: Service-Learning With Iraqi Refugees, Ashleigh Morgan Huffman
Using Sport To Build Community: Service-Learning With Iraqi Refugees, Ashleigh Morgan Huffman
Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to explore the connections between Sport for Development and Peace (SDP), service-learning, and community-university partnerships through the implementation of the Service-Learning: Sport and Community Development (SCD) class. It was my hope that this research would produce a usable model, a framework for other scholars and practitioners interested in developing community-university partnerships. I wanted this project to not only answer the “why” questions for SDP and service-learning, but also the “how” questions – specifically, how to create a reflexive and collaborative partnership that balances the needs of the community and university. I wanted to create …