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The Impacts of Service-Learning Participation upon Postsecondary Students' Academic and Social Development
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Penniston, Thomas Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Service-Learning is a form of applied learning that engages students in solving social problems within community-based settings. It is rooted in the social and educational philosophy of John Dewey's Pragmatism. As a pedagogy, service-learning presents students with opportunities for social and intellectual growth by complementing classroom…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Outcomes of Education, Social Development
The Use of Educational Game Design and Play in Higher Education to Influence Sustainable Behaviour
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Mercer, Theresa G.; Kythreotis, Andrew P.; Robinson, Zoe P.; Stolte, Terje; George, Sharon M.; Haywood, Stephanie K. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss a novel life cycle approach to education for sustainable development (ESD) where the students become "design thinkers". Design/methodology/approach: A case study on the creation, development and utilisation of educational games by university students is presented. The paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Instructional Design, Play
Service-Learning: Thinking outside the Box
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Deeley, Susan J. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Service-learning is a form of experiential learning that combines academic coursework with voluntary service in the community. There is a dearth of critical analysis of the effects of service-learning. To address this issue, this practitioner research aimed to explore and understand its effects. An inductive approach, using qualitative and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Experiential Learning, Comparative Analysis
Impacts of Increased Student Career Orientation on American College Geography Programmes.
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Zhou, Yu; Smith, Bruce W.; Spinelli, Joseph G. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1999
Explores the connection between U.S. college students' increased career orientation and the growth of geographic information systems (GIS) and experiential education in the curricula of U.S. geography programs. Maintains that the discipline should not focus only on the technical aspects of geography but beware also of neglecting the general…
Descriptors: Careers, College Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
From Theory to Practice for College Student Interns: A Stage Theory Approach.
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Garvey, Dan; Vorsteg, Anna Catherine – Journal of Experiential Education, 1992
Outlines a four-stage developmental process (exhilaration, rejection, integration, and transformation) through which college students learn to apply experiential education theories to their practices as staff interns in an adventure education program for children. Discusses implications for intern supervision and the design of internship programs.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, College Students, Developmental Stages, Experiential Learning
Field Experience Education and Stage Theories of Development. NSIEE Occasional Papers.
Erdynast, Albert – 1981
Connections between structural-developmental psychology and field experience education are addressed. In addition to summarizing principles of structural-developmental psychology and relevant research findings, a comprehensive view of individual development is related to the philosophical aims of higher education, and developmental and dualistic…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aesthetic Values, College Students, Developmental Psychology