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Roe, Lisa – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Service-Learning is a form of experiential learning where faculty integrate a service or community engagement component into academic coursework. Supported by a growing body of literature documenting the impact of service-learning on undergraduate students as a high-impact practice in the United States, the scholarship and practice of…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Service Learning, Guidelines, Teaching Methods
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Fulton, Kara A.; Archibald, Audon; Hudson, Cassie; Rogers, Jordan; Peecksen, Scott; Heap, Tania – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
A responsible citizen is someone who understands their role in the community and attempts to make a positive impact. Service-learning is one way to encourage responsible citizenship by asking students to engage with and reflect on their communities. This study explores student perceptions toward civic engagement in an undergraduate course focused…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Wang, Victor X.; Torrisi-Steele, Geraldine; Hansman, Catherine A. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
Critical theory and transformative learning are two seminal theories that have incited a deluge of literature, fueled many discussions, and triggered much debate. Their relevance is enduring, and they are undeniably a great asset to the scholarship of adult education, but the two theories are far from fully developed or explored. Our purpose in…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Transformative Learning, Adult Education, Ideology
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Pandya, Samta P. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
This article presents a five-year follow-up waitlist control design study investigating the impact of a spiritual education programme on self-efficacy and prosocial behaviours of South Asian older adults participating in adult and continuing education initiatives of volunteer work and community service. Intervention group older adults…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spiritual Development, Professional Continuing Education, Adult Education
Preece, Julia – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Universities have traditionally embraced three missions: teaching, research and community service. The latter usually receives lower status than the other two missions. There has, however, been a revival of interest in community service as a policy oriented exercise for universities and regional development, partly stimulated by international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission
Wilson, Bruce – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
At a time when the OECD (2007) is advocating more local engagement for higher education institutions, this study looks at a number of community initiatives in Australia where local universities have played a key role. All were studied as part of the PASCAL Universities and Regional Engagement (PURE) project, which involves a total of 19 regions…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Regional Planning, Regional Programs