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The Legitimacy Of Experiential Learning In Research Universities, Angela E. Schmiede
The Legitimacy Of Experiential Learning In Research Universities, Angela E. Schmiede
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The goal of this historical and exploratory study was to describe and analyze the spread and legitimacy of experiential learning to and within Cornell University and Stanford University. Using an institutional and political framework, this analysis focused on understanding how elements of legitimacy from the academy, the experiential learning field and the external environment intersected to shape the diffusion, forms and purposes of experiential learning within Cornell and Stanford. The constructions of legitimacy within these three different contexts shifted over time, influencing the extent to which experiential learning was adopted; and once adopted, the extent to which it was adapted, …
The Impact Of Service Learning On Perceptions Of Self-Efficacy, Monalisa Mccurry Mullins
The Impact Of Service Learning On Perceptions Of Self-Efficacy, Monalisa Mccurry Mullins
Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship
In recent years, the role of higher education in promoting volunteerism and social responsibility through service learning has become an issue that may radically impact both faculty and student development programs on American college campuses. Despite the significant amount of data regarding the impact of student participation in service learning on students' attitudes toward volunteerism and social responsibility, there is still a tremendous gap in our understanding of how such participation impacts subsequent student perceptions of personal self-efficacy. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to further articulate and clarify the relationship between student involvement in service learning courses …