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Stallworth-Clark, Rosemarie – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study, conducted in a Business/Technology course in a large public high school in Southeastern USA, Fall Semester, 2014, supports the use of Service-Learning in the schools for empowering students to serve the public good. Ninety-two students created classroom "DREAM TEAMS" for researching and seeking solutions for selected…
Descriptors: Service Learning, High School Students, Student Empowerment, Civics
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King, Teresa C.; Garcia, Miguel – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The purpose of this study was to conduct a longitudinal examination of the relationship between sustained after-school participation and a district's Early Warning Index associated with school dropout in a large urban school district. The study included 64,351 students participating between 2000-2001 and the 2011-2012 school years. Data were…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Academic Persistence, Student Participation, Dropouts
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O'Sullivan, Michael W.; Niemczyk, Ewelina K. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This case study examines the understudied phenomenon of teacher mentoring for global competence and brings attention to the relationship between the self-identified secondary school teachers who participate in an international service-learning (ISL) project in Nicaragua and a Non-Government Organization (NGO) which facilitates these short, but…
Descriptors: Mentors, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Droppert, Alida J. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This paper describes the culture of experiential community based learning at Central College, a rural liberal arts college in Midwestern, USA. Pre-service teachers use experiential community based learning to reflect on their personal growth in understanding the needs of diverse learners. Reflections demonstrate how the program contributes to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Preservice Teachers, Experiential Learning, Rural Areas