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Espinosa Zárate, Zaida – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
This text aims to rethink educational activity inspired by the thought of the philosopher Ignacio Ellacuría, in what we have synthesised as a "pedagogy of poverty." This should be understood as a pedagogy that, in the neoliberal context of Western societies, takes poverty as its "motor"--its efficient cause--and as its…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Service Learning, Poverty, Educational Philosophy
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Horton, Karla B. – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2022
This article describes the use of service-learning--with a focus on civic engagement, academic performance, and personal growth- using a mock organization. This format of service -learning is utilized in an undergraduate macro-level practice social work course. This article describes the application of the mock organization and provides insight…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Civics, Social Work
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Casey, J. Elizabeth; Kuklies, Kimberly; Warner, Chelsea – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2022
It is important to build preservice teachers' self-efficacy in working with diverse learners. During summer of 2021, faculty from a mid-sized public university in the southwest took a small group of preservice teachers into central Mexico to provide opportunities in working with diverse learners and/or emergent bilingual students. Although this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Bilingual Students
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Sherman, Glen L. – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2016
Emmanuel Levinas, a twentieth century French Continental philosopher, proposed an original understanding of ethics which has serious implications for the particular activities within higher education designated as service learning and community service. First I will define service learning and community service and briefly review the theoretical…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Ethics, Community Services, Educational Philosophy
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McMillan, Janice; Goodman, Suki; Schmid, Barbara – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2016
This article reports on a project focused on understanding the work of the Knowledge Co-op (KC) at the University of Cape Town in terms of community engagement and partnership building. The project tested tools for analyzing complex university-community interactions, or "boundary work." Rather than analyzing the actual partnerships and…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Mitchell, Tania D. – Theory Into Practice, 2015
This article highlights elements of civic engagement programs that have the rich potential to facilitate civic identity development. Focusing on research with alumni, the study examines 3 civic engagement programs, the approaches of which are guided by critical service-learning. It explores elements of the experiences that alumni name as…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Critical Theory, Citizen Participation, Alumni
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Petker, Gadija; Petersen, Nadine – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2014
This paper reports on the implementation of a model that infuses service-learning into a four-year foundation phase teacher education programme. We argue for an integrated curriculum design utilising specifically the teaching (laboratory) school of the faculty, not only for clinical experience or work-integrated learning, but also for…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Teacher Qualifications
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McMillan, Janice; Stanton, Timothy K. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2014
In this paper we explore an approach to developing and implementing service-learning and community-based research in a study-abroad program in Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing on a notion of partnerships reflecting the values of accompaniment and transparency, and influenced by the importance of learning service, we outline an intentional, engaged…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Donahue, David M.; Fenner, Derek; Mitchell, Tania D. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
This study used content analysis and audiencing to understand how service-learning is presented visually by institutions of higher education and interpreted by college students. Data included 834 photographs from the service-learning web pages of 63 four-year institutions in California. The majority showed a narrow range of direct service…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Content Analysis, Audience Analysis, Higher Education
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Terry, John D.; Smith, Bradley H.; McQuillin, Samuel D. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is strongly emphasized in many professions and should be taught as part of pre-professional training or to promote the development of enlightened citizens who utilize professional services. Service-learning (SL) classes provide an excellent opportunity to provide meaningful training in how EBP relates to education,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Evidence, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities
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Redfern, James; Burdass, Dariel; Verran, Joanna – Journal of Biological Education, 2013
School science laboratory classes and hands-on public engagement activities share many common aims and objectives in terms of science learning and literacy. This article describes the development and evaluation of a microbiology public engagement activity, "The Good, the Bad and the Algae", from a school laboratory activity. The school…
Descriptors: Microbiology, Program Descriptions, Service Learning, Science Laboratories
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Mitton-Kukner, Jennifer; Nelson, Carla; Desrochers, Claire – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This paper explores the experiences of pre- and in-service teachers through intentionally created narrative inquiry (Connelly & Clandinin, 2006) spaces within three different service-learning engagements in Canada, Kenya, and Turkey. Because the contexts where our studies were situated were culturally different from participants' backgrounds,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Multicultural Education
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Zimmerman, Toni S.; Krafchick, Jennifer L.; Aberle, Jennifer T. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2009
A wide variety of universities are engaged in service-learning activities that create opportunities for K-12 students to interact with university students. Engaging students in their communities and working toward social justice in a variety of settings provides positive outcomes for communities, university students and the K-12 students involved.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Attitudes, Learning Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lemieux, Catherine M.; Allen, Priscilla D. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2007
This article reviews research-based knowledge about service learning in social work education. Student learning outcomes common to both service learning and social work education are examined, and the research-based literature on service learning in social work is analyzed. Service-learning practice issues in social work education are described:…
Descriptors: Ethics, Social Work, Service Learning, Conflict of Interest
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Sterling, Mary – Journal of Experiential Education, 2007
The case study approach was used to analyze experiential learning through its three components: knowledge, action, and reflection. Two interior design courses were integrated through a university service-learning project. The restoration/adaptive reuse of a 95-year-old library building was to serve as a prototype for future off-campus…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Course Content, Time Management, Library Facilities
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