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Sigmon, Robert L.; And Others – 1996
This collection of 17 papers focuses on the important role of service-learning in the education of students at liberal arts colleges, drawing on the activities of the Learning and Service Alliance sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). They include: (1) "An Introduction to Service-Learning" (Robert L. Sigmon); (2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Private Colleges, Program Descriptions
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This collection of papers includes lessons learned from a 3-year collaboration among faculty who had pursued a scholarly inquiry of service-learning, integrated service-learning into their curricula, altered their teaching, forged partnerships with community based organizations, and developed measures and methodologies for assessing results. The…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Smink, Jay, Ed.; Duckenfield, Marty, Ed. – 1998
This booklet contains 10 papers addressed to teachers wishing to make the case for service learning through action research on their own service learning programs. "Introduction" (Jay Smink) examines the need for teacher-based action research and evaluation. "Connect Service with Evaluation for Good Learning" (Robert D. Shumer) explains the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship Education, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
McLeod, Susan H., Ed.; Miraglia, Eric, Ed.; Soven, Margot, Ed.; Thaiss, Christopher, Ed. – 2001
Celebrating the achievements of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) by highlighting the promise of its future, this book presents 12 essays that describe how WAC programs have adapted and continue to adapt to meet new challenges. Essays in the book explain strategies for continuing WAC programs in an atmosphere of change; explore new avenues of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Seifer, Sarena D., Ed.; Hermanns, Kris, Ed.; Lewis, Judy, Ed. – 2000
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. Essays in this volume focus on understanding how service-learning in medical education differs from traditional clinical medical education. After an Introduction by Sarena D. Seifer, Kris Hermanns, and Judy Lewis, essays in Part 1, "The Broader…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), College Students, Community Services, Graduate Study
Furco, Andrew, Ed.; Billig, Shelley H., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on advances in service-learning research. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Andrew Furco, Shelley H. Billig); "Community Service and Service-Learning in America: The State of the Art" (Ivor Pritchard); "Is Service-Learning Really Better Than Community Service? A Study of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship Education, Community Services, Context Effect
