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David A. Delaine; Sarah Redick; Dhinesh Radhakrishnan; Amena Shermadou; Mandy McCormick Smith; Rohit Kandakatla; Linjue Wang; Claudio Freitas; Casey L. Dalton; Lina Dee Dostilio; Jennifer DeBoer – Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Background: Scholars agree that reciprocity is a cornerstone of service-learning and community engagement (SLCE); however, engagement with this concept varies widely in practice and across disciplines. To enhance the potential of SLCE to fulfill its promise for societal impact, engineering education must understand how reciprocity is achieved,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement, School Community Relationship
Olivia Ivey; Rachel Borchardt – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2024
Many corners of the academy are actively working to build bridges between research in the ivory tower to outcomes and needs in the community. Our study seeks to unify two such efforts: community-based/service-learning research and open access scholarly communication. Open access is an implicit value in community-based and service-learning…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Open Education, Publishing Industry, Partnerships in Education
Kohn, Liberty – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2015
This article analyzes literature on university-workplace partnerships and professional writing pedagogy to suggest best practices for workplace mentors to mentor new employees and their writing. The article suggests that new employees often experience cultural confusion due to (a) the transfer of education-based writing strategies and (b) the…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Mentors, Workplace Learning, Writing Instruction
Mitchell, Tania D. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2008
There is an emerging body of literature advocating a "critical" approach to community service learning with an explicit social justice aim. A social change orientation, working to redistribute power, and developing authentic relationships are most often cited in the literature as points of departure from traditional service-learning. This…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Service Learning, Social Change, Critical Theory

Sanders, Mavis G. – Education and Urban Society, 2003
Reviews the current theoretical and empirical literature on community involvement in schools, describing different rationales for community involvement. Discusses four major forms of school-community partnerships (business, university, service learning, and school-linked service integration) and factors influencing their implementation and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education
US Department of Education, 2008
Character includes the emotional, intellectual and moral qualities of a person or group as the demonstration of these qualities in prosocial behavior. Character education is an inclusive term encompassing all aspects of how schools, related social institutions and parents can support the positive character development of children and adults.…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Pilot Projects, School Districts, State Departments of Education
Boss, Suzie – Northwest Education, 1998
Community revitalization efforts based on community partnerships between educators, civic leaders, local employers, entrepreneurs, and parents are gaining momentum. Local schools play a leading role in many of these. Discusses three models of school/community interaction, how relationships build social capital, mapping community assets, getting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Keyes, Marian C.; Gregg, Soleil – 2001
This literature review surveys the varieties and purposes of connections between schools and communities, from home-school relationships to schools as social service centers and communities as school curricula. It explores the benefits of school-community connections to students, communities, and schools. It describes the processes by which…
Descriptors: Church Role, Community Involvement, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1999
A significant theme in the literature on rural education is the extreme interdependence between rural schools and rural communities. Belief in this interdependence has led to a number of initiatives focused on strengthening both student learning and the local community's economic and social resources. Most of these initiatives involve some degree…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Cooperation
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1996
This bulletin describes practitioner-identified strategies that can help build effective school-to-work systems in rural areas. The first section highlights these strategies for rural school-to-work partnerships: start early; identify educational and economic opportunities in the community; entrepreneurial experiences; community service-learning;…
Descriptors: Community Services, Computer Science Education, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Billig, Shelley H., Ed.; Eyler, Janet, Ed. – 2003
This book presents service-learning research that focuses on units of analysis ranging from the individual student to the community partnership. It contains the following chapters/articles: "Enhancing Theory-Based Research on Service-Learning" (Robert G. Bringle); "The Missing Link: Exploring the Content of Learning in Service-Learning" (Deborah…
Descriptors: Community Services, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Jones, Susan R.; Abes, Elisa S. – Journal of College Student Development, 2003
This constructivist case study investigated student understanding about HIV/AIDS in the context of a service-learning partnership between a university class and local AIDS service organization. Analysis of data garnered from four organization staff, three teaching staff, and eight undergraduates suggests that interaction with clients and staff…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Constructivism (Learning), Service Learning, Communicable Diseases