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Service-Learning Projects Enhance Student Learning In Strategic Management Courses, John Angelidis, Igor Tomic, Nabil A. Ibrahim
Service-Learning Projects Enhance Student Learning In Strategic Management Courses, John Angelidis, Igor Tomic, Nabil A. Ibrahim
Service Learning, General
Academia has been criticized for Its supposed isolation from society and its lack of emphasis on practical applications and hands-on experience. Institutions of higher education are responding to this criticism by incorporating experiential service-learning in their curricula. One business course which is particularly appropriate for integrating service-learning into the curriculum is Strategic Management.
Introduction To Service-Learning, Augsburg College
Introduction To Service-Learning, Augsburg College
Service Learning, General
Information for Education students making a difference in our community (EDU 265, EDU 210).
Service-Learning In Economics: A Detailed Application, Kimmarie Mcgoldrick
Service-Learning In Economics: A Detailed Application, Kimmarie Mcgoldrick
Service Learning, General
Over the past decade, a significant push has been made toward the adoption or development of alternative methods of disseminating economic concepts to students. Much of this work is grounded in the belief that we, as educators, must recognize who our students are as well as how they process information. Siegfried and colleagues ( 1991) have suggested that more needs to be done to teach students to think like economists. They outlined a number of approaches and changes that have the potential for improving undergraduate economic education by providing opportunities for students to practice thinking like economists.
De-Platonizing And Democratizing Education As The Bases Of Service Learning, Ira Harkavy, Lee Benson
De-Platonizing And Democratizing Education As The Bases Of Service Learning, Ira Harkavy, Lee Benson
Service Learning, General
The theoretical bases of academic service learning are examined, with particular attention to John Dewey’s contributions. The service learning movement is conceptualized as part of an ongoing—and still unsuccessful—effort to “de-Platonize” and democratize American higher education in particular and American schooling in general.
Service Learning, Diversity, And The Liberal Arts Curriculum, Richard Battistoni
Service Learning, Diversity, And The Liberal Arts Curriculum, Richard Battistoni
Service Learning, General
In the many years I have been teaching, I have attempted to engage students in issues surrounding their place as citizens in a multicultural democracy. In my second year of involvement in AAC&U's American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy, and Liberal Learning project, I have become acquainted with the perspectives of faculty from different disciplines and institutions and with a wide array of excellent multicultural materials and curricula; but even the best of curricula tend to be somewhat abstract.