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Harris, Michel Darlene – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a large gap between minority representation in the field of dietetics and the United States population, and nutrition students need advanced cultural competence training in preparation for future work with diverse populations. Universal recommendations for delivering and evaluating cultural competence training in nutrition programs are…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Learning Experience, Cultural Awareness, Nutrition
Katherine Mitsuko Doe – ProQuest LLC, 2021
There was a lack of qualitative research that sought to explore the experiences of national service alumni after program completion. Through the lens of Kolb's (1984) experiential learning theory, this interpretive phenomenological study aimed to make sense of their learning experiences related to leadership roles. Five national service alumni who…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Experiential Learning, Leadership Training, Professional Development
Jia, Xiaokai – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Student reflection plays an essential role in service-learning projects to help students prepare for their service, process their experience, and reevaluate their experience to gain new understanding and appreciation. However, instructors encounter various challenges when integrating reflections into service-learning. Given the wide variety of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Reflection, Teaching Methods, Learning Experience
Law, Ying Lun Tommy – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Hong Kong is in need of adequately trained educators and educational leaders to meet the needs of children who live there. The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) has been trying to meet those needs by offering a curriculum that goes beyond teaching content and subject knowledge by incorporating service learning opportunities. Service…
Descriptors: Mentors, Learning Experience, Service Learning, Teacher Education
Burriss, Jamie Burns – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Short-term service-learning experiences such as alternative breaks are increasing in popularity due to the focus on service in higher education and the institution's responsibility to ensure students are graduating with the skills needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive, global economy and contribute to a democratic society as citizens…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Moral Development, Higher Education, Democracy
Bachynsky, Natalie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Faculty members from health profession programs are under pressure to design and facilitate interprofessional education (IPE) projects to meet accreditation standards, even though most have not been trained to design and implement IPE projects, nor were they exposed to IPE during their own educational preparation. Some students and faculty have…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Interprofessional Relationship, Allied Health Occupations Education, Nursing Education
Goff, Jennifer Ellen – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This three-paper format dissertation explored the impact of service-learning on three key constituents: the university, university students conducting the service, and the community receiving the service. Paper one quantitatively explored the impact of service-learning on university students' perspective through the use of end of year…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Course Evaluation
Van Cleave, Thomas Jacob – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Faculty-led short-term international service-learning (STISL) experiences are thought to have great potential in developing students' global citizenship through combining study abroad and community service pedagogies. However, thorough investigation of the pedagogical strategies employed in STISL courses to achieve such outcomes has yet to be…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Study Abroad, College Faculty, Educational Strategies
Heilman, Donald C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Problem: The study primarily focused on how a Service Learning project resulted in a Transformative Learning experience. The sample was drawn from 82 participants from Rutgers University who took part in a week-long alternative Spring Break community service project in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2006. Interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Transformative Learning, Natural Disasters, Educational Environment
McNamara, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Different conceptualizations of service-learning are found in higher education, ranging from charity to social justice focused. Little is known about the lasting impact of social justice focused service-learning on undergraduate participants, especially in a global education setting. This study examined the experience and meaning making of…
Descriptors: Travel, Service Learning, Social Justice, Interpersonal Relationship
Evans, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Schools have become increasingly multicultural, and many students are coming from families of lower socioeconomic status. Current educators are responsible for improving students' social behavior and community awareness, and are accountable for student academic achievement. For this reason, educators are continually seeking initiatives that engage…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Behavior, Service Learning, Learning Experience
Arrington, Nancy McBride – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The teacher-researcher employed multiple methods in this action research to analyze the effects of service-learning on the self-efficacy for self-regulated learning of her third-grade music students as they participated in an intergenerational project--sharing music and writing with residents in a local nursing home. Quantitative data were…
Descriptors: Music, Student Attitudes, Action Research, Self Efficacy
Vincent, Alisha – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Service-Learning as a scholarly, academic activity has been gaining momentum. However, colleges and universities often have difficulty institutionalizing service-learning as a course-based, credit-bearing, form of scholarship that is equal in merit to research or teaching. This study examines how the degree of institutionalization at Campus…
Descriptors: Courses, Institutional Characteristics, Likert Scales, Learning Experience
Davis, Joyce Hubbard – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative narrative study presents the Children's Defense Fund Freedom School as an exemplar of an educational program with a model of spiritual education, which supports the preparation of pre-service teachers by nurturing an ethos of service. The purpose of this study is to examine the potential for a summer experience of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Undergraduate Students, Learning Experience, Leadership
Smith, Kathy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
When service-learning began to gain prominence as a legitimate academic pedagogy in the early 1990's, it was believed that through intensive service experiences, students developed a greater understanding of themselves, felt empowered to make a difference in their community, made a connection to course material, and made a commitment to continue…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Learning Experience, Public Service, Generational Differences
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