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Direct linkAllen, Bonnie; Tucker, Estrus – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a synchronistic set of events and relationships generated a new kind of experiential learning in communities across Mississippi. Educators based at the University of Mississippi, community-based educators, social justice advocates, and funders collaborated to provide the resources and opportunities for…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Democracy, School Community Relationship, Service Learning
Dallimore, Elise; Rochefort, David A.; Simonelli, Kristen – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
Community-Based Learning and Research (CBLR) provides opportunities for institutions of higher education to achieve their goals of educating students, advancing teaching and scholarship, and meeting real needs of under-resourced communities and nonprofit organizations. By providing successful examples of campus and community partnership, this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Experiential Learning, Service Learning, Place Based Education
Felten, Peter; Clayton, Patti H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
The question of how best to fulfill the academy's role in civic life animates many discussions about the identity and function of higher education in the twenty-first century. Service-learning is emerging as a central component of efforts to connect both disciplinary learning and general education with this historic and increasingly salient…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Service Learning
O'Meara, KerryAnn – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
The lack of national attention to preparing future faculty for their roles as citizen-scholars represents a significant missed opportunity. Whereas graduate student involvement in engaged teaching and research, such as service-learning or community-based research, likely has immediate benefits for retention and learning, this article focuses on…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Community Involvement, College Faculty
Peer reviewedWeigert, Kathleen Maas – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Academic service learning contributes to the renewal and satisfaction of faculty, offers new opportunities to think more consciously and creatively about relationships (faculty/student, disciplinary/interdisciplinary knowledge, campus/community), presents opportunities to contribute to the field's development, and offers a vehicle to faculty,…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedGiles, Dwight E., Jr.; Eyler, Janet – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Top issues in service learning research include how service learning enhances subject matter; defining expected outcomes; identifying the processes of effective service learning; faculty involvement; effect on educational institutions; institutional policies, practices supporting/enhancing service learning; nature of effective community…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Citizenship Education, College Faculty, College Instruction
