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Boontinand, Vachararutai – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
In light of socio-political dynamics at play in contemporary Thailand, higher education (HE) is becoming an important site for citizenship learning. This article interrogates priorities and practices of civic/citizenship education in Thai universities. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with leadership in five public universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Public Colleges, Citizenship Education
Augustine, Sarah; Lopez, Daniela; McNaron, Harold; Starke, Elizabeth; Van Gund, Brian – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
"Service-learning" is a multilayered term with a complex historical evolution. In the last two decades, service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) have flourished in higher education as staff, faculty, and students have realized it can be a high-impact teaching and learning practice to promote student learning and development.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning, Community Involvement
Wagner, Wendy; Mathison, Patricia – New Directions for Student Leadership, 2015
This chapter explores the use of powerful pedagogies such as service-learning, cultural immersion, and community-based research to enhance leadership development. Four key principles are presented that describe how leadership educators can facilitate community-based learning in a way that creates an optimal learning environment for students, while…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Change, Service Learning, Cultural Awareness
Morton, Keith; Bergbauer, Samantha – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2015
This paper describes an eight-year service-learning experiment that created four distinct spaces in which campus and community members meet, reflect, and act together. This work explores the tensions between traditional and critical service-learning, and points to the importance of building relationships with members of local communities and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Experimental Programs, School Community Relationship, School Community Programs
Knight-McKenna, Mary; Hollingsworth, Heidi L. – Childhood Education, 2016
Twenty-first century educators of young children need skills and dispositions for building partnerships with the families of all their students. Educators worldwide frequently teach children from families whose backgrounds, including socioeconomic status and home language, are different from their own. This article introduces 12 principles for…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Educational Practices
Webster, Collin A.; Nesbitt, Danielle; Lee, Heesu; Egan, Cate – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine preservice physical education teachers' (PPET) service learning experiences planning and implementing course assignments aligned with comprehensive school physical activity program (CSPAP) recommendations. Methods: Based on service learning principles, PPETs (N = 18) enrolled in a physical…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Learning Experience, Comprehensive School Health Education, Physical Education
Ebacher, Colleen – Hispania, 2013
Greater interest from students, universities, and communities has increased pressure on faculty to design and implement service-learning courses. Often with no prior experience and limited institutional and programmatic guidance, faculty must make their way through a growing body of literature on service-learning. This article presents a novice…
Descriptors: Spanish, Service Learning, Novices, Translation
Damm, Alex – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2011
This essay presents educational principles of Mahatma Gandhi, specifically principles of character education, as a model for strengthening non-violence in students. Its major concern is to show that Gandhi's ideal of non-violent character education is important for university teaching in disciplines including religious studies, and that Gandhi…
Descriptors: Religion Studies, Educational Principles, Service Learning, Personality
Faircloth, Beverly; He, Ye; Higgins, Heather – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2011
In this study, members (n = 48) of 2 sections of a required educational psychology course conducted 3 service-learning-type field experiences and wrote reflections on the experiences in relationship to the theories and principles addressed in the course. Participants also described their vision for teaching at the beginning and the end of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Educational Psychology, Field Experience Programs, Service Learning
Bakken, Lori L.; Núñez, Jennifer; Couture, Cathy – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
Program evaluation is recognized as an essential skill set for practitioners in service-related fields, such as education, nonprofit management, social work, and public health. Recently, the need for a public workforce trained in evaluation has increased and is driven primarily by our nation's emphasis on accountability during a time when…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Models
See, Geoffrey K. – Education and Urban Society, 2010
Urban life comes with diverse social, environmental, health care, and education problems. However, for many of the people seeking better economic, social, and education opportunities, the big city still holds a special allure. Jazz singer Frank Sinatra sings in "New York, New York" that he wants to "wake up in a city that never…
Descriptors: Urban Culture, Educational Change, Urban Environment, Service Learning
Koch-Patterson, Penelope – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Society is more and more interconnected and interdependent. This results in a plethora of complex social problems and thereby creates the need for individuals with strong decision-making skills. This quantitative study examined the relationship between undergraduate students' participation in academic service-learning and their levels of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Decision Making Skills, Undergraduate Students, Student Participation
Norris, Debra S.; Schwartz, Charles L. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2009
An undergraduate social work program developed a service-learning experience in partnership with a local United Way organization to complete a community needs assessment project. The experience integrated the curricula of a social work research methods course and a generalist-macro practice course with the principles and actions of experiential…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Community Needs, Needs Assessment, Research Methodology
Guide Our Feet: Teacher Education and Servant-Leadership in a Children's Defense Fund Freedom School
Davis, Joyce Hubbard – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative narrative study presents the Children's Defense Fund Freedom School as an exemplar of an educational program with a model of spiritual education, which supports the preparation of pre-service teachers by nurturing an ethos of service. The purpose of this study is to examine the potential for a summer experience of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Undergraduate Students, Learning Experience, Leadership
Rands, Gordon P. – Journal of Management Education, 2009
The environmental threats humanity faces have led businesses to increasingly commit to improve their environmental performance and to increasing attempts to address environmental issues in management education. This article presents a matrix of (a) principles that can underlie and (b) attributes that can be generated by environmentally focused…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Organizational Change, Guidelines, Human Resources
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