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Experiential Learning In Industrial/Organizational Psychology: A Case Study, Amy Luthanen, Harrison Sibert, Holly Morris, Whitney Ohmer, Rebecca Lowden, Jordan Garber, Russell G. Coulter-Kern
Experiential Learning In Industrial/Organizational Psychology: A Case Study, Amy Luthanen, Harrison Sibert, Holly Morris, Whitney Ohmer, Rebecca Lowden, Jordan Garber, Russell G. Coulter-Kern
Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences
Experiential learning is considered a powerful tool for learning in college. Community-based research is one type of experiential learning that has been used to learn research skills in a variety of social science disciplines. The current case study was conducted as an experiential learning research project. A team of six students and a professor from a small Midwestern college conducted community-based research with a large agribusiness company headquartered near the college. The goal of the project was to create an effective employee-selection process for this firm and to provide an effective learning experience for students. This included development of a …
Book Review: The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, And Civic Development In Experiential Learning, Donald W. Spears
Book Review: The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, And Civic Development In Experiential Learning, Donald W. Spears
Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences
Book review of The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development in Experiential Learning Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole (2014, 4th ed.) by H. Frederick Sweitzer and Mary A. King
Service Learning In A Regional Urban Midwest University: An Overview Of Five Projects, Monica Solinas-Saunders, Lori Anderson, Jackie Huey, Atta Ceesay, Joseph Ferrandino, Danny Tsataros, John Tsolakos
Service Learning In A Regional Urban Midwest University: An Overview Of Five Projects, Monica Solinas-Saunders, Lori Anderson, Jackie Huey, Atta Ceesay, Joseph Ferrandino, Danny Tsataros, John Tsolakos
Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences
The use of service-learning courses has evolved in the United States in the past three decades. While the most traditional approach to service learning focuses on what universities and colleges can do for the community (Speck and Hoppe 2004), a more contemporary approach has transformed service learning into a holistic experience that engages educators, students, and community partners in a dynamic process of mutual exchange. Drawing upon the examples of other universities (Chupp and Joseph 2010; Freire 2004; Pompa 2002), our department has recently created five new opportunities for service learning in which service learning is viewed as a system …