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Brent Strom – English Journal, 2016
This article examines a service-learning project held in conjunction with a reading of the nonfiction text "The Other Wes Moore." The assignment asked for high school students to provide a day of service focusing on literacy skills for an elementary school different from their own background. Service learning became a tool for…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Critical Literacy, Service Learning, Reading Instruction
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Dooley, Caitlin McMunn; Mays, Lydia Criss – Teacher Educator, 2014
Service-learning provides community service as well as authentic, curriculum-driven learning experiences (Furco & Root, 2010) and has been an effective component of teacher education courses (GarcĂ­a, Arias, Murri, & Surna, 2010; Mitton-Kukner, Nelson, & Descrochers, 2010; Spencer, Cox-Petersen, & Crawford, 2005). With these…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Service Learning, Learning Experience