Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Journal of Community… | 1 |
| Michigan Journal of Community… | 1 |
| New Directions for Adult and… | 1 |
| Reclaiming Children and… | 1 |
| Student Success | 1 |
| Teaching Theology & Religion | 1 |
| Teaching Tolerance | 1 |
Author
| Bowdon, Melody | 1 |
| Deplessis, Cathy | 1 |
| Dias, Gisele | 1 |
| Kralj, Carolina | 1 |
| Langstraat, Lisa | 1 |
| Locklin, Reid B. | 1 |
| Ma, Carol | 1 |
| Puntil, Donata | 1 |
| Rylance-Watson, Elizabeth | 1 |
| Sigler, Tracey Honeycutt | 1 |
| Smith, M. Cecil | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 7 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textPuntil, Donata; Dias, Gisele; Kralj, Carolina; Deplessis, Cathy; Rylance-Watson, Elizabeth; Ma, Carol; Zunszain, Patricia A. – Student Success, 2022
The aim of this practice report is to discuss the implementation of a service-learning module developed to support the psychological wellbeing of postgraduate students and older adults in the community, with a view to fostering their connection and tackling loneliness in both populations. The module, 'Self-Identity, Intergenerational and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Older Adults, Well Being
Sigler, Tracey Honeycutt; Tyran, Kristi Lewis – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Service-learning helps students learn about course concepts through applying them in a setting outside the classroom. The experiences provided by service-learning create conditions that can lead to changes in the learner's brain. In this paper, we provide support for this assertion from research in brain-based learning with suggestions of how to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Brain, Experiential Learning, Neurosciences
Direct linkLangstraat, Lisa; Bowdon, Melody – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2011
This article explores the mutually enriching bodies of scholarship in service-learning and Critical Emotion Studies with a focus on empathy and compassion, which, perhaps more than any other emotions, hold a prominent place in service-learning literature. We offer an overview of nascent research on empathy and compassion in Critical Emotion…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Altruism, Empathy, Service Learning
Locklin, Reid B. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2010
Educational theorist Richard Kiely highlights the central importance of "high intensity dissonance" in successful international service-learning. This essay applies Kiely's model of dissonance and transformative learning to Intercordia, an international service-learning program offered at the University of St. Michael's College and the…
Descriptors: Program Design, Transformative Learning, Service Learning, Foreign Countries
Smith, M. Cecil – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
Service learning is one of the most pervasive education innovations of the past generation and has demonstrated much success in connecting schooling with community service. Service learning is designed to be integrated into, and enhance, the academic curriculum. It is believed, and there is growing evidence to show, that participation in service…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Students, Altruism, Service Learning
Williams, Dana – Teaching Tolerance, 2006
An estimated 370,000 schoolchildren were displaced last year by Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster ever to strike the United States. One year after, hundreds of thousands of these displaced students remain scattered in schools across the nation. In Houston, which has the largest concentration of evacuees, two schools continue helping…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, High Schools, College Preparation, Coping
Thomsen, Kate – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2004
Teachers and other school staff are overwhelmed with myriad concerns. As a result, many view positive youth development as just "one more thing" to add to an already full plate. This article assists educators in understanding how positive youth development (PYD) is inherent in good educational practice, and does not have to be one more thing.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Adolescent Development, Youth Programs
