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Borgelt, Ida; Brooks, Kym; Innes, Jane; Seelander, Amy; Paige, Kathryn – Teaching Science, 2009
In this paper four final-year education students describe one aspect of their science pathway course, a place-based experience in an urban ecological setting. The aim of the place-based experience was to combine community service and science knowledge to focus on critical, reflective thinking and civic responsibility. The assessment task required…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Citizenship Responsibility, Sciences, Reflection
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Furlan, Ping Y. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2009
This manuscript reports on efforts to introduce beginning college students to the modern nanoscience field. These include: implementing selected experiments into sequencing core first-year and second-year chemistry laboratory courses; providing students with a first research experience; and engaging them in service learning and outreach programs…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Outreach Programs, Service Learning, Chemistry
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Machtmes, Krisanna; Johnson, Earl; Fox, Janet; Burke, Mary S.; Harper, Jeannie; Arcemont, Lisa; Hebert, Lanette; Tarifa, Todd; Brooks, Roy C., Jr.; Reynaud, Andree L.; Deggs, David; Matzke, Brenda; Aguirre, Regina T. P. – Qualitative Report, 2009
This paper is the result of a voluntary service-learning component in a qualitative research methods course. For this course, the service-learning project was the evaluation of the benefits to volunteers who work a crisis hotline for a local crisis intervention center. The service-learning course model used in this paper most closely resembles the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Methods Courses
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Stachowski, Laura L.; Bodle, Aaron; Morrin, Michael – International Education, 2008
The Cultural Immersion Projects at Indiana University offer teacher education majors the opportunity to be placed in culturally-diverse settings, where full-time student teaching, required community participation, ongoing reflection, and academic reporting combine to provide experiences that go well beyond the common foci of conventional student…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Community Involvement, Service Learning, Student Experience
Pleasants, Robert; Stephens, Kristen R.; Selph, Hollace; Pfeiffer, Steven – Gifted Child Today, 2004
The Duke TIP Leadership Institute was developed specifically for a 2-week summer experience; however, the model can be applied to today's high school classroom. Through a combination of fundamental leadership skills and guided service learning, students identify important unmet needs within their community and begin working to address them. This…
Descriptors: Leadership, Service Learning, High School Students, Summer Programs
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Ash, Sarah L.; Clayton, Patti H. – Innovative Higher Education, 2004
The value of reflection on experience to enhance learning has been advanced for decades; however, it remains difficult to apply in practice. This paper describes a reflection model that pushes students beyond superficial interpretations of complex issues and facilitates academic mastery, personal growth, civic engagement, critical thinking, and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Service Learning, Models, Higher Education
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Vickers, Margaret; Harris, Catherine; McCarthy, Florence – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2004
Since 1999, pre-service teachers undertaking the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) Program at the University of Western Sydney have participated in an alternate practicum called Professional Experience 3 (PE3). This practicum encourages students to engage in broader educational settings within local communities. Increasingly, a number of…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Practicums, Service Learning, School Community Programs