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Kurtz, Holly; Lloyd, Sterling; Harwin, Alex; Osher, Michael – Editorial Projects in Education, 2018
As the nation has become increasingly politically divided in the wake of the 2016 Presidential elections, educators have turned their attention to civics education that might have the ability to encourage students to engage productively in public life. In addition, the February 2018 shootings at Parkland High School sparked a nationwide movement…
Descriptors: Civics, Elementary Secondary Education, Citizenship Education, Barriers
Council for Environmental Education, 2011
The "Project WILD Aquatic K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide" emphasizes aquatic wildlife and aquatic ecosystems. It is organized in topic units and is based on the Project WILD conceptual framework. Because these activities are designed for integration into existing courses of study, instructors may use one or many Project WILD Aquatic activities…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Curriculum, Wildlife, Marine Biology
Zimmerman, Toni S.; Krafchick, Jennifer L.; Aberle, Jennifer T. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2009
A wide variety of universities are engaged in service-learning activities that create opportunities for K-12 students to interact with university students. Engaging students in their communities and working toward social justice in a variety of settings provides positive outcomes for communities, university students and the K-12 students involved.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Attitudes, Learning Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
Stagg, Allison – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 2004
Service-learning is a curriculum-based form of community service that integrates classroom instruction and reflection with hands-on service experiences. While the number of schools organizing service-learning activities has not yet surpassed the large percentage of K-12 institutions that simply offer or organize community service, the pedagogy has…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Service Learning, Teaching Methods
Degelman, Charles, Ed. – Service-Learning Network, 2001
This issue of "Service Learning Network" examines a world where teachers, students, and community members break the age barrier in service to their communities. "Images of Intergenerational Service" (Paul Simon), offers images of intergenerational service from political and personal points of view. "The Gathering of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Intergenerational Programs

Lewis, Barbara A. – Educational Leadership, 1996
Service learning benefits students of all academic abilities, particularly the gifted. Teachers should use the principles of good service, make service a requirement, encourage service experiences based on real needs, design interdisciplinary service courses, consider opportunities for social change, provide mentorships, reduce liability, and help…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Services, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education

Robison, Margaret; Cash, Paula K. – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1996
Deaf and hearing impaired students at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind participate in a bartering project in which they perform chores in exchange for food that is donated to charity. The project meets instructional objectives in social studies (learning how early settlers used bartering), mathematics (counting and classifying the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Deafness, Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Follman, Joseph; And Others – 1994
Defining service learning as the formal integration of public service into student instruction and learning, this guide provides teachers with ideas for narrowing the gap between what students do in school and what they will do after they leave school. The example activities, derived from actual projects, demonstrate the nearly limitless range of…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Gordon, Rick – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Real-world problems often do not mesh well with mandated curricula and texts. Designing challenges to develop the understandings, skills, and beliefs necessary for tackling real-life problems involves a commitment to authentic learning experiences of increasing sophistication. The experiential learning cycle, by combining academic, scenario, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Joiner, Lottie L. – American School Board Journal, 2000
Service learning, which combines community service with curriculum objectives, has several components: preparation, collaboration, service projects, curriculum integration, and reflection. Although opponents of mandatory programs criticize service learning as detracting from academics, studies indicate positive effects on academic achievement and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship Education, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives
Ediger, Marlow – 2002
Community service is excellent for students if done in proper circumstances. There should be worthwhile, carefully chosen, objectives for learner attainment. Learning opportunities need to be safe and emphasize the psychology of education. Noting that he has supervised student teachers in the public schools for 30 years, the author of this paper…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts
Udall, Denis, Ed.; Mednick, Amy, Ed. – 1996
The founders of Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound drew on the metaphor of a wilderness expedition to develop a framework for curriculum design. During "learning expeditions," teachers and students pursue long-term intellectual investigations build around significant projects and performances. The investigations take students out into…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1992
This publication defines "service learning" as an instructional strategy in which students are involved in experiential education in real-life settings and where they apply academic knowledge and previous experience to meet real community needs. The publication is intended for persons who are interested in enriching learning through…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Community Responsibility, Community Services
Alley, David, Ed.; Cherry, C. Maurice, Ed. – 1999
These eight papers focus on connections beyond the foreign language classroom. They include the following: (1) "Intercultural Communities: Rethinking Celestin Freinet" (Helene Gresso and Lara Lomicka); (2) "Beyond the Foreign Language: Making Connections Through Recorded Oral Histories" (John Chaston); (3) "Information…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study
Loewen, Jerry – 1996
This paper examines the definition and practice of intergenerational learning programs, and attempts to determine the characteristics of successful and meaningful programs of this type. The first section defines intergenerational learning and states its purpose: to bring young and old together for the purpose of learning from one another, under…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Apprenticeships, Children