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Langstraat, 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
Moely, Barbara E.; Furco, Andrew; Reed, Julia – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2008
Students from seven institutions of higher education reported their preferences for different paradigms of service at the beginning of their service-learning courses. At the end of the courses, they described the associated service activities in terms of the same paradigms and also completed scales describing their learning outcomes and attitudes…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Change, Attitude Change, Student Attitudes
Basinger, Nancy; Bartholomew, Keith – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2006
This article applies theories of giving from philanthropic studies to enhance understanding of service-learning relationships between students and community partners. Focusing on the participation motivations, outcome expectations, and satisfaction levels of community partners who have recently completed work with service-learning students, the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Nonprofit Organizations, College Students, Partnerships in Education