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Does Service Learning Make a Difference? Comparing Students' Valuations in Service Learning and Non-Service Learning Teaching of Psychology
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Macías Gomez-Estern, Beatriz; Arias-Sánchez, Samuel; Marco Macarro, María José; Cabillas Romero, María Regla; Martínez Lozano, Virginia – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
As a pedagogical approach, Service Learning (SL) has blossomed in the field of education, proving its effectiveness regarding academic results and in relation to social commitment. Our goal was to offer students the possibility of participating in professional scenarios measure the impact that SL benefits has on students' valuations and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Value Judgment, Learning Processes, Transformative Learning
Community-Based Professional Development for Academics: A Phenomenographic Study
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Zou, Tracy X. P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Professional development for academics has seen a trend towards social engagement through communities and groups, as reflected by a number of increasingly popular concepts: communities of practice, faculty learning communities, and learning and teaching networks. Despite the potential benefits of such engagement, there is a paucity of research on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Phenomenology, Communities of Practice