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Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. Cecilia; Walls, Laura C. – Hispania, 2016
Service-Learning (SL) has been defined as an experiential teaching methodology. Through SL, students participate in activities that benefit their community and enhance their learning experience. In the current study, Spanish as a second language (L2) and heritage language learners (HLLs) engaged in a SL project in which they translated English…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Spanish Speaking, Second Language Learning
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Taylor, Julie Anne; Iroha, Okezie – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2015
The aim of this action-research project was to evaluate the impact of high school students' involvement in community-oriented, art-based work in the social studies. In Detroit, high school students engaged in persuasive writing and design while exploring community issues. The project culminated in the installation of student artwork on a billboard…
Descriptors: Social Studies, High School Students, School Community Programs, Art Products
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Hartman, Eric; Chaire, Cassandra – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2014
As a component of university international education programming, international volunteerism and global community engagement by university students and faculty are on the rise. While the benefits to student learning related to this kind of programming have been well researched, community impact is rarely assessed. This article considers the…
Descriptors: International Education, Volunteers, Community Benefits, Service Learning
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Peralta, Louisa R.; O'Connor, Donna; Cotton, Wayne G.; Bennie, Andrew – Teaching Education, 2016
In this paper, we investigate the effects of a community- and school-based service learning experience (SLE) on pre-service physical education teachers' Indigenous knowledge, cultural competency and pedagogy. Informed by the theoretical tenets of Indigenous research methodologies, experiential learning and critical reflection, we examine 55…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Indigenous Knowledge, Focus Groups
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Kelly, Jennifer Rebecca; Abel, Troy D. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
The intent of this study was to explore how experiential education fosters ecological or environmental citizenship. In this context, we investigated the impact of international environmental service-learning in a college course. Specifically our research question was does environmental service-learning have an effect on ecological citizenship?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecology, Service Learning, Environmental Education
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Matthews, Paul H. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
A "student scholars" program was developed to engage undergraduates at a large, public, land-grant research university with its public service and outreach mission, through cohort meetings, supervised internships, and site visits. Qualitative and pre-/post-participation quantitative data from the first cohort of 10 students show that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Universities, Land Grant Universities, Public Colleges
Kelley, Todd; Brenner, Daniel C.; Pieper, Jon T. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2010
A comparative study was conducted to compare two approaches to engineering design curriculum between different schools (inter-school) and between two curricular approaches, "Project Lead the Way" (PLTW) and "Engineering Projects in Community Service" (EPIC High) (inter-curricular). The researchers collected curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Protocol Analysis, Surveys, Engineering