NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Choo, Juliet; Tan, Yew Kong; Ong, Faith; Tiong, Shiuan Shiuan; Nair, Sangeeta; Ong, Jean; Chan, Angel – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2019
Service-learning (S-L) was adopted as a signature pedagogy in Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2016. The present study investigated students' civic and academic learning, personal growth, and career preparation in S-L at the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, using mixed methods. The scales and subscales used in this study had acceptable internal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Best Practices, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Brown, Margaret A.; Wymer, Jared D.; Cooper, Cierra S. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2016
Power dynamics are implicated in intergroup prosocial behavior (Nadler & Halabi, 2015). This research investigated two factors that influence the effect of intergroup prosocial behavior on views of social equality: amount of direct intergroup contact and type of helping. Students in a social psychology course (N = 93) were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Justice, Power Structure, Prosocial Behavior
Barney, Steve T.; Corser, Grant C.; White, Lynn H. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2010
Stigmas toward those who have mental illnesses are wide-spread and detrimental to the health and well-being of those suffering from these debilitating conditions, and to society as a whole. Stigma-reducing programs are plentiful but many are only marginally effective. In this paper we describe and evaluate a course in Psychopathology that included…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Service Learning, Psychopathology, Mental Disorders
Seider, Scott C.; Gillmor, Susan C.; Rabinowicz, Samantha A. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2010
This study considered the impact of the SERVE Program upon participating college students' belief in the American Dream. The SERVE Program is a community service learning program sponsored by the philosophy and theology departments at Ignatius University. Using a mixed methods approach, the authors found that participating students demonstrated…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Democratic Values, Philosophy, Social Justice
Mpofu, Elias – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2007
The effects of service-learning on the academic attainment of rehabilitation services students were examined using a quasi-experimental design. One hundred and thirty senior rehabilitation services students enrolled in the medical aspects of disabilities course, 65 with service-learning and 65 with classroom-only instruction. The same instructor…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Multiple Choice Tests, Case Studies
Feldman, Ann M.; Moss, Tom; Chin, Diane; Marie, Megan; Rai, Candice; Graham, Rebecca – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2006
This article presents a control group study of the influence of a partnership-centered, community-based learning program on students' academic writing. The improved writing of first-year students in the Chicago Civic Leadership Certificate Program (CCLCP), we argue, results from the deeply situated learning that took place in the context of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Research, Research Papers (Students), School Community Relationship