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Service-Learning In One State: Results Of The North Carolina Service-Learning Inventory, Diane C. Calleson, Lani G. Parker, Robert C. Serow
Service-Learning In One State: Results Of The North Carolina Service-Learning Inventory, Diane C. Calleson, Lani G. Parker, Robert C. Serow
Service Learning, General
Recent years have seen greatly expanded interest in service-learning among educators at both the K-12 and college levels. By most accounts, the initiation of service-learning programs and courses has come about in response to a recognized need to provide more effective citizenship education and to do a better job of preparing young people to be active members of their communities (see, for example, Barber). What is less clear, however, is the overall shape and substance of these programs. Because service-learning usually has a strong local component, not very much is known of the broader patterns and trends at the national …
Community Service Throughout A School System, Anne Bishop
Community Service Throughout A School System, Anne Bishop
Service Learning, General
Teachers crave moments when student interest is high, questions flow freely, and learning is vivid enough to be retained. One such moment occurred when an elementary student in an environmental service project with wetlands volunteers said, "I learned that there are different types of wetlands and ours is a freshwater wetland that we are helping to stay fresh." These moments happen more often when students actively engage in experiences that involve helping others than during lecture, pencil and paper exercises, or assigned reading. Combined, service and learning become uniquely powerful (Kendall 1990). Facts learned in the classroom become a springboard …
Combining Service And Learning On Campus And In The Community, Barry Checkoway
Combining Service And Learning On Campus And In The Community, Barry Checkoway
Service Learning, General
Student workshops are valuable resources for combining service and learning. The challenge, Mr. Checkoway points out, is to recognize their limitations, integrate them with other courses in the curriculum, and find ways to improve their quality.
Linking Learning And Service: Lessons From Service Learning Programs In Pennsylvania, Carl I. Fertman
Linking Learning And Service: Lessons From Service Learning Programs In Pennsylvania, Carl I. Fertman
Service Learning, General
Service is part of most schools. School staff and students participate in car washes, bake sales, dances, read-a-thons, and SK races to raise money for national and local groups and community-based organizations. Other students and teachers provide thousands of hours of more direct service, working at hospitals, providing support services at the Special Olympics, cleaning parks, assisting at shelters and food banks, providing tutoring services, running hotlines, and visiting the elderly. Young people and their teachers can also be found speaking at public hearings, serving on policy boards, and visiting elected officials to talk about the needs of the community.
Investigating Urban Community Needs: Service Learning From A Social Justice Perspective, Carol Wiechman Maybach
Investigating Urban Community Needs: Service Learning From A Social Justice Perspective, Carol Wiechman Maybach
Service Learning, General
Homelessness, poverty, substance abuse, hunger, teen pregnancy, youth violence, and marginalization of the disabled are but a few of the complex social issues that continue to plague urban America. They are also issues that attract the attention of student service providers involved in service-learning programs across the country (Education Commission of the States, 1994). However, few of the higher education service-learning courses focus on the investigation of the needs of the individuals included in these groups in the urban community, and even fewer build service--learning projects around a model that is accountable for the results of the service experience on …
Service Learning: Developing A Curriculum For Caring, Sally R. Beisser
Service Learning: Developing A Curriculum For Caring, Sally R. Beisser
Service Learning, General
This article defines service learning and provides summary data on a federal grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to implement service learning in the classroom. The author identifies and describes four categories of successful service projects and provides examples of integrating the curriculum content to identify and meet community and school-based needs. She then suggests instructional strategies and follow-up resources for professional use.
Community-Based Learning: A Foundation For Meaningful Educational Reform, Thomas R. Owens, Changhua Wang
Community-Based Learning: A Foundation For Meaningful Educational Reform, Thomas R. Owens, Changhua Wang
Service Learning, General
Many of today's leaders in education, business, and community development are coming to realize, even more than in the past, that schools alone cannot prepare our youth for productive adulthood. These leaders are ready to try new approaches that link learning activities in classrooms with a full range of learning experiences available in our communities.
Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach To Experiential Education, Andrew Furco
Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach To Experiential Education, Andrew Furco
Service Learning, General
For over a quarter of a century, education researchers and practitioners have struggled to determine how to best characterize service-learning. In 1979, Robert Sigmon defined service-learning as an experiential education approach that is premised on "reciprocal learning" (Sigmon, 1979). He suggested that because learning flows from service activities, both those who provide service and those who receive it "learn" from the experience. In Sigmon's view, service-learning occurs only when both the providers and recipients of service benefit from the activities.
Is Service-Learning Really Better Than Community Service? A Study Of High School Service Program Outcomes, Andrew Furco
Is Service-Learning Really Better Than Community Service? A Study Of High School Service Program Outcomes, Andrew Furco
Service Learning, General
In their 1981 study, the Experiential Education Evaluation Project, Dan Conrad and Diane Hedin investigated the impact of a range of experiential education programs on secondary school students. The study, which involved more than 1000 secondary school students, compared the effects of five different types of experiential education programs-community service, internships, political action, community study, and adventure education on students' psychological, social, and intellectual development. The study found that the various programmatic forms of experiential education showed significant, positive effects in all three student outcome areas. It also revealed that certain programmatic features, such as clearly articulated program goals and …
Service-Learning And School-To-Work: Making The Connections, Andrew Furco
Service-Learning And School-To-Work: Making The Connections, Andrew Furco
Service Learning, General
Recently, much attention has been focused on two federal initiatives that encourage students to explore learning opportunities outside the classroom. The National and Community Service Trust Act and the School to Work Opportunities Act provide states with assistance to develop and implement school programs in which elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students are engaged in learning experiences that are hands-on, meaningful, and connected to the real world. Although the acts differ on their intended educational purposes, both are based on similar educational philosophies, principles, and pedagogies. These fundamental similarities suggest that the two reforms can work synergistically to establish powerful and …