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Keesler, John M.; Presnell, Jade A. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2022
Service learning, an often-cited pedagogical approach in social work education, may be one strategy to assuage student anxiety about research course work and create continuity in siloed course content. The present study sought to provide an understanding of the impact of a service-learning project embedded in a first-year, graduate-level research…
Descriptors: Social Work, Graduate Study, Service Learning, Graduate Students
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Pettit, Jennifer; Rathburn, Melanie; Calvert, Victoria; Lexier, Roberta; Underwood, Margot; Gleeson, Judy; Dean, Yasmin – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2017
This chapter describes a multidisciplinary faculty self-study about reciprocity in service-learning. The study began with each coauthor participating in a Decoding interview. We describe how Decoding combined with collaborative self-study had a positive impact on our teaching practice.
Descriptors: Interviews, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Taylor, Alison – Vocations and Learning, 2017
Community service-learning (CSL) programs are proliferating in Canadian higher education. University programs promote students' experiential learning in community as part of a course; students most often engage in unpaid work in not-for-profit organizations and reflect on that experience in relation to their classroom learning. However, programs…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Knowledge Economy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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O'Meara, Casey – Critical Questions in Education, 2017
This instrumental case study describes students' experiences in an academic cluster gateway course through social justice service-learning as civic learning pedagogy. The case under study recognized institutional factors supporting participatory off-campus community learning, and social justice service-learning as a type of civic learning pedagogy.
Descriptors: Student Experience, Social Justice, Service Learning, Citizenship Education
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Smith-Tolken, Antoinette; Bitzer, Eli – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This study addresses underlying principles to interpret scholarly-based service-related teaching and learning. Such principles include addressing specific concerns of communities, transforming theoretical knowledge into lived experiences for students, making the knowledge generated within communities meaningful and forging constant growth and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College School Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Axlund McBride, RaeLyn A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Several scholars argue that higher education should play a central role in facilitating the development of interculturally competent, global citizens who participate actively and constructively in our interconnected world (e.g., Davies & Pike, 2009). However, little is known about if or how we are facilitating global citizenship development…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Service Learning, College Students, Global Approach
Martin, John F. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed methods study exploring student outcomes of service learning experiences is inter-disciplinary, near the intersection of higher education research, moral development, and nursing. The specific problem examined in this study is that service learning among university students is utilized by educators, but largely without a full…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Outcomes of Education, Mixed Methods Research, Nursing
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Dunn, Leah S.; Ceo-DiFrancesco, Diane; Srivastava, Rakhi – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to establish a shared vision between the academic program and the international service-learning partner. Through the use of photovoice (Collier & Collier, 1986), we conducted a needs assessment to determine the partner's priorities. Analysis of interview transcripts and photos yielded themes representing the…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Service Learning, Study Abroad, Needs Assessment
Odongo, Rispa Achieng' – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The use of community service to promote learning and civic responsibility in higher education has blossomed since the 1980s. The problem addressed in this study was that although the X University initiated the required community service program in 2004, it had not assessed the effectiveness of the program from students' perspectives. Using Kolb…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Citizenship Education, Social Responsibility
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Leon, Kendall; Pinkert, Laurie A.; Trauth Taylor, Kathryn – Composition Studies, 2017
In this article, we detail our findings from a case study of three instructors as they newly implemented service-learning pedagogies into their first year writing classes. Drawing on the instructors' perspectives as part of a larger programmatic assessment, we demonstrate that a service-learning curriculum can broadly foster learning outcomes for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Service Learning, Writing Teachers, Writing Instruction
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Larsen, Marianne A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2017
Existing research on international service-learning (ISL) only implicitly alludes to emotions or considers emotions as a limited vehicle through which the more important work of learning occurs. This study set out to shift this focus on emotions to show how emotions are an integral part of the overall ISL experience. The aim was to understand how…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Psychological Patterns, International Education, Internship Programs
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Thompson, Julia D.; Jesiek, Brent K. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
This paper examines how the structural features of engineering engagement programs (EEPs) are related to the nature of their service-learning partnerships. "Structure" refers to formal and informal models, processes, and operations adopted or used to describe engagement programs, while "nature" signifies the quality of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, Interviews
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Bailey, Megan Snider – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
This article represents the culmination of a two-year qualitative case study concerning how 33 students in a service-learning course understood poverty as they prepared taxes for low-income families through the IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Because the tax site communities are seen as community partners in their own right, this…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, College Students
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Wilson, Rachel E.; Bradbury, Leslie U.; McGlasson, Martha A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
The purpose of this article is to explore how preservice elementary teachers (PSETs) interpreted their service-learning experiences within a pre-methods environmentally focused course and how their interpretations shaped their science teaching identities. Along a continuum of service-learning experiences were events that emphasized science…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Science Instruction
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Fogle, Elizabeth M.; Franco, Savio D.; Jesse, Edel M.; Kondritz, Brent; Maxam, Lindsay; Much-McGrew, Heidi; McMillen, Cody; Ridenour, Carolyn S.; Trunk, Daniel J. – Journal of Catholic Education, 2017
Students participating in sustained community service at an urban Catholic and Marianist university were volunteer informants in this qualitative exploration of the meaning they make of their service experiences. A PhD student research team (nine members) interviewed fourteen undergraduate students (10 of whom were seniors). Findings were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Church Related Colleges, Catholics
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