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Towards the Design of a Community-Engaged Data Visualization Course
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Bratt, Sharon – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2020
Educational action research bridges the gap between theory and practice; where the learning design is the proposed hypothesis and the classroom is where it is field-tested by the teacher as researcher (McKernan, 2007; Stenhouse, 1975). Through this lens we see inquiry as a deepened understanding of one's own practice. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Curriculum Development, Data, Visual Aids
Service-Learning Programs and the Knowledge Economy: Exploring the Tensions
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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
Community Service-Learning and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
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Taylor, Alison – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2014
This paper explores the potential of cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), to provide new insights into community service-learning (CSL) in higher education. While CSL literature acknowledges the influences of John Dewey and Paolo Freire, discussion of the potential contribution of cultural-historical activity theory, rooted in the work of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Social Psychology, Cultural Context
Student Teacher Experiences in a Service-Learning Project for Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Wilkinson, Shawn; Harvey, William J.; Bloom, Gordon A.; Joober, Ridha; Grizenko, Natalie – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Service learning (SL) is a collaborative relationship between university professors, their students, and community partners who combine academic learning and active participation to address community issues. Previous studies in SL and physical education teacher education (PETE) found SL projects increased opportunities for learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Student Experience, Service Learning
Critical-Service Learning as a Revolutionary Pedagogy: An International Project of Student Agency in Action. Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and Society
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Porfilio, Bradley, Ed.; Hickman, Heather, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
This volume will be a valuable resource to instructors who teach in the fields of teacher education, social studies, educational leadership, social work, social, cultural and philosophical foundations of education, sociology, political science, and global studies as well as their students. Due to the volume's international focus, the authors also…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Political Science, Global Education, Altruism
END 2015: International Conference on Education and New Developments. Conference Proceedings (Porto, Portugal, June 27-29, 2015)
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends