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Download full textThompson, 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
Intrator, Sam M.; Siegel, Donald – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2010
Project Coach is an after school program developed and directed by the authors. The program, which is set in a high-need urban community in Springfield, Massachusetts, teaches high school and middle school students to be sport coaches and then to run youth sport leagues for elementary-aged youth in underserved neighborhoods in their own community.…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Outreach Programs, After School Programs, Service Learning
Brown, L. Joan; Bender, Ellen – 1996
This report recounts that many impressive projects in Massachusetts Learn and Serve America school-based sites have been observed. The term "project" is used in the report to refer to community service learning (CSL) as it is incorporated into classroom instruction. In general, the report notes, the projects ranged from simple to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Partnerships in Education, Preschool Education
Anderson, Virginia; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Educators in Springfield, Massachusetts, see connections between the current school reform agenda and their own program of Community Service Learning. Staff see the program as a way to increase student learning, enrich the curriculum, and foster the spirit of caring and lifetime service. (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewedAnderson, Jay D. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the Independent Study Program of Seekonk High School (Massachusetts), a program that allows students to leave school on a regular basis to volunteer within the community. Seniors choose a project and submit it for approval. Suggestions are given for implementing and sustaining such a program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Change, High School Seniors, High Schools
Bartsch, Julie – 2001
This guide was developed to share successful Community Service Learning (CSL) instructional practices. It presents units that can be replicated and adapted for varying grade levels and curricular goals. The guide notes that as students use newly acquired academic knowledge and skills to address real issues in their communities, they often gain…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedKinsley, Carol W. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
The case study of community service learning (CSL) by an interdisciplinary team at a middle school in Springfield (Massachusetts) provides information about what happens when teachers integrate community services into the curriculum as an instructional strategy. Community theater management and environmental lobbying projects illustrate issues in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedGonzalez, Juan; And Others – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
A male minority-group high school student and a teacher at Putnam High School in Springfield (Massachusetts) share experiences with community service learning (CSL) projects. A project facilitator describes the plans for implementing CSL throughout the city. (SLD)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, High School Students
Peer reviewedKelliher, Margaret F. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes community service learning (CSL) programs at Pottenger School, Springfield (Massachusetts). The kindergarten through grade-12 school, a literature-based whole-language school, integrates CSL into the curriculum through writing about student experiences. CSL projects have included feeding the homeless, corresponding with a soldier, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Elementary Education
