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Kelling, Angela – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
High-impact experiences, such as service-learning opportunities or hands-on laboratories, have been shown to enhance student learning, course satisfaction, and attitudes and behaviors. Thus, it is essential to incorporate these experiences into psychology curriculums when possible. However, it is also critical to analyze the impact of these…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Animals, Animal Behavior, Operant Conditioning
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Yook, Eunkyong – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Interest in service learning has increased in the past two decades, partly due to recent accumulation of knowledge about its beneficial outcomes to participants and society. This manuscript describes a small group basic communication course taught in a service learning format at a small liberal arts college. Qualitative comments as well as…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Student Surveys, Interpersonal Communication
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Grange, Christina; Miller, Antoinette – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper demonstrates how partnering with digital storytelling initiatives, like the StoryCorps project, can yield fruitful service-learning opportunities, while also supporting innovative approaches for teaching students from a range of disciplines who are enrolled in Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 1101). While various pedagogical tools for…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Academic Achievement, Story Telling
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Hudsonm Monika; Hunter, Keith O. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Service learning that features mutually constructed community-based service can enhance the understanding of a range of concepts (Butin, 2006). However, such service is often seen as "charity" as opposed to a dually constructed experience that is central to real learning (Howard, 2000; Tellis, 2011). This project was designed to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Peer Relationship, Reflection
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Lightner, Robin; Benander, Ruth – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Recommendations about syllabi design have emerged over the last two decades. From a Promising Syllabus, to a Graphic Syllabus, to a Student-Centered Syllabus, faculty are encouraged to purposefully set the tone with this document. Few studies examine students' impressions of these documents. In order to do this, we created four types of syllabi…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Culhane, Jennifer; Niewolny, Kim; Clark, Susan; Misyak, Sarah – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) called for more interdisciplinary and community-engaged approaches to teaching and learning in the agricultural and life sciences to better respond to the food system challenges of the 21st century. As a result, institutions from across the nation have responded with a number of experiential learning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Agricultural Education, Biological Sciences
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Behar-Horenstein, Linda S.; Isaac, Nadine; Southwell, Charisse N.; Hudson-Vassell, Michael E.; Niu, Lian; Pratto, Melissa; Roberts, Kellie W.; Wingfield, Robert J.; Wolfgang, Jeff D.; Zafar, Mueen A. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This study explores the narratives of eight students who served as journal reviewers on a non-course-related service activity. The aim of this study was to develop an understanding of their experiences. The review board was multi-disciplinary in composition; the majority of its student and faculty members were from communities historically…
Descriptors: Socialization, Service Learning, Higher Education, Learner Engagement
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Brail, Shauna – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This study evaluates whether students who participate voluntarily in a service-learning activity achieve higher learning outcomes, measured by grades, than students who voluntarily choose not to participate in service learning. Analysis is based on a study of an introductory urban studies course at a large North American research university over a…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Outcomes of Education, Research Universities, Introductory Courses
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Arrington, Nancy McBride; Cohen, Adrienne – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Two professors from two disciplines--education and sociology--analyzed the commonalities, differences, successes, and challenges of conducting cross-disciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research at the course level (micro-level). This case study of their collaboration resulted in a series of lessons learned which add to the…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Educational Research
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Delano-Oriaran, Omobolade – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This article describes the manner in which an authentic and culturally engaging service-learning model was infused into a multicultural education course for pre-service teachers. Service-learning programs integrated into education courses are often approached from a deficit perspective with pre-service teachers perceiving themselves as the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Service Learning, Community Needs
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Hirschinger-Blank, Nancy; Simons, Lori; Finley, Laura; Clearly, Joseph; Thoerig, Michael – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article provides a description and evaluation of a service-learning juvenile justice course designed to broaden university students' attitudes toward diversity issues. Diversity service learning integrates academic learning with community service by providing students with opportunities to learn about social disparities associated with…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Law Enforcement, College Students, Low Income
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Amerson, Roxanne – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explain how participation in an international service-learning project during a community health course influenced transcultural self-efficacy of baccalaureate nursing graduates following graduation and their subsequent clinical practice. A qualitative, explanatory case study was used to conduct telephone…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Nursing Education, Self Efficacy, Public Health
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Aydlett, Lydia; Randolph, Mickey; Wells, Gayle – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Participation in service learning projects is a growing phenomenon at universities and colleges. Research indicates service projects are beneficial for college students and adults. There is little data investigating developmental differences in how younger versus older participants perceive the service learning process. In this project, older…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Volunteers
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Brandes, Kendra; Randall, Kevin – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
This study sought to expand the extant literature regarding the effectiveness of a higher education service-learning project designed to increase students' civic and socially responsive knowledge and intentions. A class with a semester long service-learning component was administered a pre- and post-test assessment using multi-item scales to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Citizenship Responsibility, Learning Experience, Pretests Posttests
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Simons, Lori; Fehr, Lawrence; Hogerwerff, Francis; Blank, Nancy; Georganas, Denise; Russell, Brittany – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
This preliminary study describes the transformation of students' racial attitudes and multicultural skills. A grounded theory approach was conducted to identify common themes from reflections of 19 students enrolled in a semester-long diversity service-learning course. The results indicate that students reformulate attitudes about racism and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Student Attitudes, Racial Attitudes, Racial Identification
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