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Philip Hallinger; David Kongpiwatana Narong – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: Service learning has been studied and applied in diverse educational settings for the past seven decades. While several research reviews have explored service learning from varied perspectives, none have employed bibliometric methods to investigate its evolution as a "knowledge base." Purpose: This review documents the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Educational Research, Citizen Participation, Engineering Education
Gendle, Mathew H.; Tapler, Amanda – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2022
In this preliminary study, the Global Engagement Survey (GES) was used to assess developmental outcomes in undergraduate students enrolled in a multi-year community-based global learning program. Statistically significant growth was observed on the Civic Efficacy (CE) scale of the GES (p = 0.01). The GES appears to have significant utility in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Global Education, Student Surveys
Blanco, Megan – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2019
Schools seeking to develop students' social, emotional, and academic skills should consider service learning as one way to help students apply those skills. As of the 2017-18 school year, 37 states and the District of Columbia required or encouraged school districts to offer community service education and service-learning programs. This NASBE…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, State Boards of Education, Board of Education Role
Adams, Megan – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2022
Research indicates the need for children performing below grade level in reading to receive additional support in summer months. However, little research has been done related to utilizing preservice teachers during those months in the form of a supplemental field experience. Investigating the experiences of undergraduate students majoring in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Summer Programs, Undergraduate Students, Literacy Education
Wang, Liz; Calvano, Lisa – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
Service learning (SL) is gaining popularity in business schools as a way to supplement traditional pedagogies. Research indicates that SL improves particular learning outcomes, but little is known about how this happens. Using Kolb's theory of experiential learning, the authors develop and test a conceptual model that explains how SL activates the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Marketing, Service Learning
Whitley, Meredith A.; Walsh, David; Hayden, Laura; Gould, Daniel – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2017
Purpose: Three undergraduate students' experiences in a physical activity-based service learning course are chronicled using narrative inquiry. Method: Data collection included demographics questionnaires, pre- and postservice interviews, reflection journals, postservice written reflections, and participant observations. The data were analyzed…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Physical Activities, Service Learning, Student Participation
Asghar, Mandy; Rowe, Nick – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Service learning is an experiential pedagogic approach that is predicated on students learning in authentic situations. It is often problem-orientated and provides opportunities for community engagement in ways that enhance a student's capacity as a socially aware individual. There is evidence that such learning opportunities can enhance personal…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Service Learning, Experiential Learning, Qualitative Research
Harrop-Allin, Susan – Music Education Research, 2017
Inspired by local arts community engagement initiatives and community music interventions internationally, Wits University (in Johannesburg, South Africa) developed a model of service learning that links the intentions, methodologies and purposes of these domains to promote student learning and benefit communities. This paper examines the quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Service Learning, Community Programs
Taylor, Kari Brooke – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine how interactions between undergraduate students and their learning environments influenced their development toward critical consciousness. Critical consciousness represents a complex way of making meaning of one's self in relation to one's social world that is necessary for meeting the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Case Studies
Buglione, Suzanne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Nontraditional students are a growing population in higher education, yet our understanding of the unique factors that predict their success have not increased. Economic challenges, changing work demands, and the desire for personal and professional advancement fuel the nontraditional student's return to school (Kelly & Strawn, 2011).…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students, Experiential Learning, Phenomenology
Martin, Jennifer L.; Beese, Jane A. – High School Journal, 2016
This paper explores the intersection of feminism and service-learning by describing the creation of a women's studies course for girls attending an alternative high school. In the course participants could critique sexist practices in the media and in the school, as well as establish cultural competence through engaging in service projects that…
Descriptors: School Culture, Service Learning, Feminism, Nontraditional Education
Jurmu, Michael – Journal of Geography, 2015
Even as service-learning has become more prevalent in higher education as a high-impact teaching methodology, barriers still exist to its implementation by some instructors. One concern is the perception of these types of activities infringing upon course content. This article outlines an example of an introductory service-learning project for an…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Barriers, Physical Geography, Teaching Methods
Lester, Scott W. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
The author presents keys to designing a class that successfully melds service learning and student leadership development. These prescriptions are based on the lessons learned over 8 years of teaching a class titled "Community Leadership." This class emphasizes experiential learning and revolves around service learning projects. The…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Leadership Training, Course Descriptions, Feedback (Response)
Pedersen, Paula J.; Meyer, Jenice M.; Hargrave, Michelle – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
Although research suggests that service learning (SL) is being incorporated into the college classroom at an increasing rate, faculty often report that they are not convinced of its educational values. There is a lack of research on, and awareness about, what SL is, how it can be incorporated into the curriculum, and the outcomes on student…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Models
Simons, Lori; Fehr, Lawrence; Blank, Nancy; Fernandez, David; Georganas, Denise; Padro, Jessica; Peterson, Verda – World Journal of Education, 2013
A comparative analysis was conducted on student attitudes and skills among student interns, academic-based service-learners, and cultural-based service-learners. Students did not differ in scores at the beginning of the semester, but by the end of the term student interns had higher multicultural awareness and intercultural relationship scores and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Development, Racial Attitudes, Cultural Awareness