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Direct linkChickering, Arthur W. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
In this article, the author states his belief that community based learning among adults can be a powerful force for encouraging personal development and for strengthening democracy in this multicultural, globally interdependent, battered world. To do so, however, it needs to pervade all the curricula, degree programs, learning contracts, and…
Descriptors: Democracy, Role of Education, Democratic Values, Citizen Participation
Peer reviewedZlotkowski, Edward – Journal of Public Service & Outreach, 1997
Service learning is positioned at the intersection of two major concerns of education: the balance between active and traditional learning and the axis of public and private sectors. As such, it can be used to address a variety of educational issues, including instructional strategy, undergraduate research, diversity, civic and social…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Educational Change
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 2002
Civics and social-studies educators worry that schools are neglecting to show the complex and difficult sides of democracy, including the importance of debate and dissent. Strategies to help young people grow into citizens include encouraging critical thinking, teaching students to understand other points of view, and linking service learning to…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness
Download full textLaplante, Lisa J.; Kinsley, Carol – 1994
Some educators contend that students who engage in activities related to school subjects learn more efficiently and more effectively, and remember what they have learned much longer than students who do not. Service-Learning (S-L) can provide a central focus around which educational change can occur. Moreover, S-L enhances the ideas promoted by…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Parsons, Michael H., Ed.; Lisman, C. David, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Based on the idea that community colleges have a critical role in enhancing civic literacy through community-based programming and service learning, this volume provides descriptions of theoretical frameworks and practical models for incorporating community renewal into the college mission. The following articles are provided: (1) "Service…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Services
Peer reviewedMettetal, Gwynn; Bryant, De – College Teaching, 1996
A model of service learning that can serve as a vehicle for teaching, research, and community service is suggested to college faculty. Two such projects are described: a project providing parent education to young families while researching effectiveness of temperament education, and an intergenerational program to determine whether community…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Instruction, Community Programs, Drama
