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Payne, Katherina A. – Democracy & Education, 2020
The article adds to a growing conversation that recognizes and supports young children's civic capabilities, positioning them as citizens-now and not simply citizens in the future. They detail how three different classrooms sought to work with children to engage in social action on behalf of their broader community. This response wonders alongside…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Young Children, Democratic Values, Citizenship Responsibility
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McTighe Musil, Caryn – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014
In a September 2013 interview, Thomas Ehrlich and Ernestine Fu--whose passion for public service is manifested in differing ways and from two dramatically different generational standpoints--discussed insights from their co-authored book, "Civic Work, Civic Lessons: Two Generations Reflect on Public Service (2013)." Septuagenarian Tom…
Descriptors: Public Service, Service Learning, Citizen Participation, Interviews
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Reason, Robert D. – Journal of College and Character, 2011
The conversation about essential learning outcomes of college has never been more active or important. Although much of the attention on learning outcomes is narrowly focused on cognitive outcomes, especially critical thinking, the need to educate students for personal and social responsibility has never been clearer. In this article the author…
Descriptors: Student Experience, College Environment, Outcomes of Education, Definitions
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Albertine, Susan – Liberal Education, 2012
Through its signature initiative, Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP), the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is promoting a vision for learning that begins in school: Starting in School . . . Rigorous and rich curriculum focused on the essential learning outcomes; comprehensive, individualized, and…
Descriptors: Productivity, General Education, Democracy, Colleges
Schrader, David L.; Sole, John – Educational Facility Planner, 2009
There is a case to be made for the integration of the Project Based Service Learning (PBSL) process and the design and construction of educational facilities. A growing body of research supports the notion that the formulaic educational system of the last hundred years may no longer serve the learning styles of new and future generations. Their…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Service Learning, Educational Facilities, Teaching Methods
Ehrlich, Tom – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2005
Reflecting upon the previous decade, an advocate for service-learning continues his call for institutional responsibility while taking a look at the progress made. Ehrlich writes that service learning has come of age and suggests three major directions for continued advancement. The first stresses service-learning's value for enhancing academic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Citizenship Education, Service Learning, Leadership Effectiveness
Our Children, 1997
Discusses the importance and history of volunteerism in America in the context of President Clinton's 1997 Volunteer Summit for America's Future, which promoted the spirit of community service. A sidebar discusses reasons to volunteer. Another sidebar presents the story of elementary school students who participated in a multifaceted community…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Community Responsibility, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Handley, George B. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2001
Asserts that by stressing the humanities' importance to individual and societal health and well-being, service learning can provide opportunities to serve arts organizations and other humanistic institutions of learning. Suggests that such experiences will better ensure the development of life-long learning habits and humanistic citizenship. (EV)
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Higher Education, Humanities, Service Learning
Grace, William; Ebbers, Larry; Kell, Dayle – 1996
Ethical leadership training must be a part of the education of today's students, the leaders of the future. Students should be trained in group processing and facilitating skills, oral and written communication, conflict management, shared decision making, and team management. These future leaders should also be able to understand the symbols and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Action, Community Colleges, Educational Needs
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Stephenson, Margaret E. – NAMTA Journal, 2000
Maintains that Montessori education of adolescents (Erdkinder) should prepare them to exercise a self-disciplined will and judgment. Notes the importance of preparing children through Cosmic Education and through community service. Maintains that the logical focus of study for the third plane is the cosmic plan and the adolescent's place in it.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Montessori Method, Secondary Education
Sagawa, Shirley, Ed.; Halperin, Samuel, Ed. – 1993
This publication contains 36 short essays on the reauthorization of the National and Community Service Act. It begins with two introductory papers: "Visions of Service: The Future of the National and Community Service Act" (Sagawa, Halperin) and "Historical Background: An Overview" (Sagawa). Section I, Why Service?, contains 15…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Smith, Michael F.; Levin, Shirlee; Weintraub, Sara Chudnovsky – 2001
At its essence, service-learning is a pedagogical practice that links meaningful community service with course objectives. Service-learning is a credit-bearing, educational experience in which students participate in organized service activities that meet identified community needs and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Communication Skills, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Simonelli, Jeanne – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 2000
Addresses issues of college liability and logistics in off-campus experiential programs, especially programs abroad with service learning components. Warns that liability problems, e.g., safety issues, legal concerns, and ethical responsibility to the local community, can threaten program viability and overshadow learning objectives. Urges…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Ethics, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
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Stanton, Timothy K. – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1991
When effectively structured and related to discipline-based knowledge, public and community service-based learning is the means for linking the development of social responsibility with the improvement of undergraduate education. (SK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
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Cushman, Ellen – College English, 1999
Challenges the recently proposed definition of the public intellectual. States that true public intellectuals (1) combine their research, teaching, and service efforts in order to address certain social issues important to community members in underserviced neighborhoods; and (2) believe in protecting scholarly autonomy through popularizing…
Descriptors: Activism, Higher Education, Public Service, Research Needs
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