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Doberneck, Diane M.; Bargerstock, Burton A.; McNall, Miles; Van Egeren, Laurie; Zientek, Renee – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
Increasingly, graduate and professional students arrive at institutions of higher education with personal and professional commitments to make the world a better place through community engagement; however, departments often do not incorporate outreach and engagement into graduate curricula (Austin & McDaniels, 2006; O'Meara & Jaeger,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Graduate Students, Professional Development, Community Involvement
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Yoder, Scot D. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2016
In this paper I explore Goodwin Liu's proposal to ground the pedagogy of service-learning in the epistemology of pragmatism from the perspective of a reflective practitioner. I review Liu's epistemology and his claim that from within it three features common to service-learning--community, diversity, and engagement--become pedagogical virtues. I…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Epistemology, Community Programs
Poindexter, Sandra; Arnold, Pamela; Osterhout, Christopher – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2009
Service-learning can be academically effective even when the distances between students and client organizations prevent face-to-face interchanges and site visits. Working with the State of Michigan and Michigan Townships Association, Michigan students from five universities learned about local government while helping Michigan townships develop…
Descriptors: Local Government, Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, Distance Education
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Hammond, Chris – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
Reports on a survey questionnaire of 130 Michigan college faculty who incorporate service-learning into academic courses, focusing on faculty motivation, satisfaction, and the intersection of the two. Results indicate significant differences concerning faculty motivation for using service learning, but also commonalities with other findings…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Pribbenow, Dean A. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2005
While there has been a steady increase in the understanding of how service-learning affects students, there remains a dearth of research on how using service-learning pedagogy impacts faculty. In this research study six themes emerged that illuminate how using this innovative pedagogy shaped and influenced faculty members' understandings of, and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Faculty, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Study